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.
By:
Peter Wood
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9781841420059
ISBN 10: 1841420050
Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 27 September 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction: Knowledge-Intensive Services, Consultancy and Innovation Part I: Business Consultancy Growth and Innovation: A European Perspective 1. Innovation and the Growth of Business Consultancy: Parallel but Associated Trends? 2. European Consultancy Growth: Nature, Causes and Consequences 3. How May Consultancies be Innovative Part II: National and Regional Variations in Knowledge-Intensive Service Development 4. France: Knowledge-Intensive Service and Territorial innovative Dynamics 5. Germany: Knowledge Intensive Services in a Manufacturing-Led Economy 6. The Netherlands: Knowledge-Intensive Service Markets in a Trade-Based Economy 7. The United Kingdom: Knowledge-Intensive Services in a Restructuring Economy 8. Italy: Knowledge-Intensive Services and Policies for the North and South 9. Greece: Knowledge-Intensive Services and Economic Development 10. Portugal: Knowledge-Intensive Services and Modernisation 11. Spain: Knowledge-Intensive Services: a Paradigm of Economic Change 12. Knowledge-Intensive Services: The Diversity of Processes and Policies
Reviews for Consultancy and Innovation: The Business Service Revolution in Europe
'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 Collected articles discuss the business service revolution in Europe. -Business Horizons Sept-Oct 2002
