Corsi, ChristianPrencipe, AntonioRodríguez-Gulías, María JesúsRodeiro-Pazos, DavidFernández López, Sara2024-07-302024-07-302018Corsi, 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/10.1080/02642069.2018.14367030264-2069http://hdl.handle.net/10347/34550This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The Service Industries Journal on 2019, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/02642069.2018.1436703Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) firms are emerging into a knowledge-processing and knowledge-producing industry. Universities contribute to the creation of KIBS firms trough university spin-offs (USOs), which represent an opportunity to boost knowledge spillovers from university to industry thanks to their cutting-edge research knowledge, consolidated research experience and well-developed interactive learning processes. The study of the growth of the KIBS USOs is needed to better understand whether these entrepreneurial ventures represent strategic elements of regional innovation systems and economic growth, distinguishing them from the others USOs in terms 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 period 2005- 2013, the results show that being a KIBS firm has a positive effect on the growth of Spanish USOs, whereas the same does not hold for Italian USOs. Some relevant policies and practical implications are provided.engCC BY-NChttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.glUniversity spin-offKnowledge Intensive Business ServicesFirm growthCross-country analysisItaly-Spainjournal article10.1080/02642069.2018.14367031743-9507open access