This paper investigates heterogeneity in Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of a sample of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS) firms actively operating in Italy over the period 2012-2018. Business service industries can be defined as KIBS if they are private sector organizations that offer specialist professional, consultancy, and outsourcing services to other organization relying heavily on professional […]
Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) are private enterprises or organizations mainly concerned with providing knowledge-intensive inputs to the business processes of other organizations, including private and public sector clients, that rely heavily on professional knowledge and which involve economic activities intended to result in the creation, accumulation or dissemination of knowledge. KIBS firms, such as […]