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
Summary
Consultancy and Innovation 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