Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202148 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
IPTS Working Papers on Corporate R&D and Innovation No. 04/2013
Publisher: 
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Seville
Abstract: 
The paper aims at estimating the innovation impact of the vertical integration of knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) into manufacturing. Referring to the vertically integrated sectors of an economy allows innovative knowledge, which is transferred directly and indirectly from KIBS to manufacturing in an embodied way, to be measured. Its impact on manufacturing innovation is then estimated. By merging OECD data on sectoral R&D and input-output tables with sectoral patent applications from the Pastat dataset, a panel of 18 manufacturing sectors is built up for the four largest European countries – France, Germany, Italy and the UK – spanning from the mid-90s to the mid-00s. The more innovative sectors are actually those making more intensive and extensive use of R&D embodied into KIBS production flows. In policy terms, strengthening the bridge between KIBS and manufacturing appears to be as crucial as supporting KIBS activities and service innovations.Length: 29 pages
Subjects: 
KIBS
vertically integrated sectors
embodied R&D flows
JEL: 
L60
L84
O33
O32
P00
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-79-34784-9
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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