Consultancy and Innovation: The Business Service Revolution in Europe (Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy)

Wood, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1841420050 ISBN 13: 9781841420059

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Consultancy and Innovation links two important aspects of European economic development in the past thirty years: the pace of technical and management innovation, and the growing significance of technical and business consultancy. This book includes detailed studies of consultancy activities or 'knowledge intensive services' (KIS) in eight EU countries, written by national experts in the field.

Review:

"Collected articles discuss the business service revolution in Europe."
-Business Horizons Sept-Oct 2002
'The book's examination of the relationship between innovation and consultancy, theoretically and empirically, across eight EU countries is undeniably a significant achievement ... a very useful source of information for researchers, students, and practitioners in the economic business policy and consultancy fields.' - Area

Synopsis:

Consultancy and Innovation links two important aspects of European economic development in the past 30 years: the pace of technical and management innovation and the growing significance of consultancy. The rapid expansion of specialist technical and business consultancy, evident in every country, has affected the nature and rate of innovation, amongst all its clients. One crucial development has been the internationalisation of consultancy, opening-up economies to global influences on business change. Another feature of consultancy growth, like innovation, is its uneven impact between countries and the regions within them. Whilst consultancy expertise increasingly influences innovative change, it is also polarizing economic opportunities within Europe. Consultancy and Innovation reviews in detail the recent evidence for the impacts of consultancy use. It includes eight chapters on specific EU countries, written by national experts in the field. These are Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, the UK, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain.