Consultancy and innovation : the business service revolution in Europe / edited by Peter Wood.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wood, Peter.

Series:

Routledge studies in international business and the world economy ; 25.

Routledge studies in international business and the world economy ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business consultants--Europe.

Business consultants.

Business consultants--Europe--Case studies.

Consulting firms--Europe.

Consulting firms.

Consulting firms--Europe--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<EM>Consultancy and Innovation</EM> 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.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I""; ""1 Innovation and the growth of business consultancy""; ""2 European consultancy growth""; ""3 How may consultancies be innovative?""; ""Part II""; ""4 France""; ""5 Germany""; ""6 The Netherlands""; ""7 The United Kingdom""; ""8 Italy""; ""9 Greece""; ""10 Portugal""; ""11 Spain""; ""12 Knowledge-intensive services and innovation""; ""Index""

Notes:

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

ISBN:

1-135-43429-8

1-280-05229-5

0-203-11664-X

1-84142-005-0

1-135-43430-1

9780203116647

OCLC:

56615103