Theories of international outsourcing predict rises in firms’ innovation rates mediated through lower wages per worker. Consistent with the predictions of Glass and Saggi (2001), we find a tradeoff between wages and innovation. However, we do not find that the proportion of internationally outsourced service inputs reduces but rather increases a firm’s wage per worker, a result most likely driv...

Knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) as an element of learning regions-the case of Baden-Württemberg ABSTRACT: The paper focuses on the contribution of knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) to innovation from a qualitative perspective, using the systems of innovation approach. The main argument is that KIBS play an increasing role in the production and diffusion of knowledge unde...

Mobile computing growth has led to a world connecting people, devices, organisations and appliances. This world of ubiquitous computing is served through multiple digital products and services, which provide value to the user. The user is the central player in this digital landscape and the importance of identifying and understanding the user is significant to the creators of digital products a...

Public sector healthcare services are both large users and innovators of health technologies. In the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) initiatives have been developed to manage the process of technological innovation more effectively. This has two main aims, to maximize potential commercial returns from innovations developed within the NHS; and to improve levels of patient care through appropr...

BACKGROUND Service development innovation in health technology and practice is viewed as a pressing need within the field of mental health yet is relatively poorly understood. Macro-level theories have been criticised for their limited explanatory power and they may not be appropriate for understanding local and fine-grained uncertainties of services and barriers to the sustainability of change...

BACKGROUND Citizen participation in health service co-production is increasingly enacted. A reason for engaging community members is to co-design services that are locally-appropriate and harness local assets. To date, much literature examines processes of involving participants, with little consideration of innovative services are designed, how innovations emerge, develop and whether they sust...