RT Journal Article
T1 Growth of KIBS and non-KIBS firms: evidences from university spin-offs
A1 Corsi, Christian
A1 Prencipe, Antonio
A1 Rodríguez-Gulías, María Jesús
A1 Rodeiro-Pazos, David
A1 Fernández López, Sara
K1 University spin-off
K1 Knowledge Intensive Business Services
K1 Firm growth
K1 Cross-country analysis
K1 Italy-Spain
AB Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) firms are emerging into aknowledge-processing and knowledge-producing industry. Universitiescontribute to the creation of KIBS firms trough university spin-offs (USOs),which represent an opportunity to boost knowledge spillovers from university toindustry thanks to their cutting-edge research knowledge, consolidated researchexperience and well-developed interactive learning processes. The study of thegrowth of the KIBS USOs is needed to better understand whether theseentrepreneurial ventures represent strategic elements of regional innovationsystems and economic growth, distinguishing them from the others USOs interms of growth. The paper explores whether KIBS firms grow more than nonKIBS firms. Using a sample of 1,394 Italian and Spanish USOs over the period2005- 2013, the results show that being a KIBS firm has a positive effect on thegrowth of Spanish USOs, whereas the same does not hold for Italian USOs.Some relevant policies and practical implications are provided.
PB Taylor and Francis
SN 0264-2069
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/34550
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/34550
LA eng
NO Corsi, C., Prencipe, A., Rodríguez-Gulías, M. J., Rodeiro-Pazos, D., & Fernández-López, S. (2018). Growth of KIBS and non-KIBS firms: evidences from university spin-offs. The Service Industries Journal, 39(1), 43–64. https://doi.org/10.1080/02642069.2018.1436703
NO This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The Service Industries Journal on 2019, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/02642069.2018.1436703
DS Minerva
RD 30 abr 2026