<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797</id><updated>2012-01-18T04:25:20.062-08:00</updated><category term='STEM in services'/><category term='KIBS'/><category term='servicisation'/><category term='coproduction &quot;Public services&quot;'/><category term='Europe'/><category term='SSME net'/><category term='service logic'/><category term='Knowledge-intensive service systems'/><title type='text'>KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE BUSINESS SERVICES</title><subtitle type='html'>KIBS are important actors in the knowledge-based economy - innovators, agents of innovation diffusion, nodes in networks.  This blog provides a brief introduction and cool links to material on services in general as well as KIBS..</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>201</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-1279632453440461615</id><published>2012-01-18T04:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T04:25:20.073-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='servicisation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='KIBS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>New European Competitiveness Report has a good documentation on KIBS - claiming that the concept is statistically murky, without any citations to yours truly.  see http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/_getdocument.cfm?doc_id=7129  pp63-78.  Discussion of servicisation pp 79-87.
For a recent discussion of statistical classification see
   I Miles, 2011, “From knowledge-intensive services </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/1279632453440461615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/1279632453440461615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html#1279632453440461615' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-807603967148209148</id><published>2012-01-18T03:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T03:33:53.398-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Metamanufacturing
Here is a brief introduction to this concept, prepared for a research proposal we are working on:(since it is already in use, I would like to get its origin into prior art!):
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new issue:

       2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 2011-09-29 21:09:02       Service Science

(Read an individual paper in PDF, please go to: http://www.sersci.com/ServiceScience/papers.php)

  
  Giuseppe Catenazzo, Emmanuel FragnièreManaging the Risks of the “Invisible”
 
  
  Marek Winkler, Vladimír DosoudilOn Formalization of the Concept of Value Proposition
 
  
  Wibke Michalk, Lilia </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6197794120816326119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6197794120816326119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2011_10_01_archive.html#6197794120816326119' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-4821310551542143425</id><published>2011-09-28T06:57:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-28T06:57:54.801-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>
Data analytics for public services

 This is becoming a persistent theme: went to a talk from |IBM last week arguing much the same thing.


</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4821310551542143425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4821310551542143425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2011_09_01_archive.html#4821310551542143425' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-5336909474866780927</id><published>2011-09-12T06:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-12T06:18:06.508-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>EPISIS conference papers:
available at: http://www.proinno-europe.eu/episisconference2011/content/presentations

The EPISIS second conference will address the potential of service  innovation as a driver for value creation in Europe. All European  countries have experienced rapid growth in the service industries and  have become service and knowledge economies during the last decades.
In order to</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/5336909474866780927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/5336909474866780927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2011_09_01_archive.html#5336909474866780927' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-314279832928590765</id><published>2011-08-26T07:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-26T07:33:38.394-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Springer book series on services, service science etc.


 		 			Service Science: Research and Innovations in the Service Economy 		 		 	The Science of Service SystemsHaluk Demirkan, James C. Spohrer and Vikas Krishna2011
Service Design and DeliveryMairi Macintyre, Glenn Parry and Jannis Angelis2011
Service Systems ImplementationHaluk Demirkan, James C. Spohrer and Vikas Krishna2011
Handbook of</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/314279832928590765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/314279832928590765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html#314279832928590765' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-4817305512059837404</id><published>2011-08-22T03:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-22T03:44:05.310-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>KIBS and innovation policy
This report does not use the KIBS terminology, but is very much about KIBS:
 Exploding the Myths of UK Innovation Policy : How ‘Soft Companies’ and R&amp;D Contracts for Customers Drive the Growth of the Hi-Tech Economy
"Soft companies and R&amp;D contracts with customers playa critical role in the region’s innovation economy. Theyfacilitate the ‘natural’ innovation process by </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4817305512059837404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4817305512059837404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html#4817305512059837404' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-289069836755874774</id><published>2011-07-25T08:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-25T08:35:06.549-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>University - KIBS innovation

PhD thesis by Kari Laine, 2010

Fostering Innovation in Collaboration between Higher Education and Industry. A Systemic Model Based on Case Study

[Julkaisu-Tampere University of …, 2011 - dspace.cc.tut.fi
Thesis for the degree of Doctor of Science in Technology </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/289069836755874774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/289069836755874774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2011_07_01_archive.html#289069836755874774' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-4443001285686811906</id><published>2011-06-22T02:47:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-22T02:47:36.176-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Managing service innovation: firm-level dynamic capabilities and policy options (2010), P. den Hertog -  http://dare.uva.nl/record/352467 .</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4443001285686811906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4443001285686811906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2011_06_01_archive.html#4443001285686811906' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-470366314735661716</id><published>2011-05-23T03:55:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-23T03:55:53.946-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>video on service auitomation (turn the sound down)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCXDXFTmLbI</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/470366314735661716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/470366314735661716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2011_05_01_archive.html#470366314735661716' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-6563652416891242230</id><published>2011-02-15T05:47:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-15T05:47:36.688-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Study on Industrial Policy and Services</title><summary type='text'>Enterprise and Industry - European CommissionStudy on Industrial Policy and Services. part one is linked here  The statistical analysis deserves wide circulationBut part two (case studies)  is more obscure: look here</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6563652416891242230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6563652416891242230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html#6563652416891242230' title='Study on Industrial Policy and Services'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-5228176294213076620</id><published>2010-12-05T01:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-05T01:36:58.645-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Social Innovation</title><summary type='text'>ZSI - Efficiency and Efficacy in Social Scientific ResearchThe Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) is an autonomous, politically independent scientific institution, asserting leadership in Europe to advance social innovation and foster an open and solidly united society.Lots of publications - a few on social innovation!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/5228176294213076620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/5228176294213076620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html#5228176294213076620' title='Social Innovation'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-4520191882088032310</id><published>2010-11-25T02:55:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-25T02:55:18.506-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Put User in the Centre for Services - A reference model by Myriam Corral</title><summary type='text'>available at: https://sites.google.com/site/openinnovationplatform/policy-documentsPut User in the Centre for Services - A reference model by Myriam Corral European Commission Information Society and Media, 2010.    This report is about us, us all as users of services throughout our lives.  We have in the "e"-world seen many traditional services been moved to  the electronic and connected world, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4520191882088032310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4520191882088032310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2010_11_01_archive.html#4520191882088032310' title='Put User in the Centre for Services - A reference model by Myriam Corral'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-6680505241899888344</id><published>2010-11-25T02:52:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-25T02:52:20.037-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Service Innovation Yearbook 2009-109 here</title><summary type='text'>eLivingLabFocus on living labs, and the Yearbook has an open innovation orientation: stilll, a great development! 			 			Service Innovation Yearbook 2009-2010 		 		 		A press release on the Europe 2020 strategy which was launched by the  		Commission last week.  		Available at 		http://ec.europa.eu/eu2020/index_en.htm. 		 		Members of the European Network of Living Labs - ENoLL 			          </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6680505241899888344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6680505241899888344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2010_11_01_archive.html#6680505241899888344' title='Service Innovation Yearbook 2009-109 here'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-2144674662156870425</id><published>2009-12-15T05:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-15T05:03:08.418-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='service logic'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>A long-needed definition:
MANUCENTRIC - assuming that the models and logic of manufacturing industrry, or parts thereof (typically high-tech sectors), apply with very little qualification to the service activities that are found in service sectors and more widely across the economy.
Thus: R&amp;D is a good indicator of innovation input, patents of innovation output, for example.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2144674662156870425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2144674662156870425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html#2144674662156870425' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-9192371016521925883</id><published>2009-12-10T01:09:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T01:09:36.323-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Knowledge-intensive service systems'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Knowledge Intensive Service Systems

Towards a Working Definition   Ian Miles, December 2009
 (First notes for the SRII KISS SIG) 


What are Services?
The term “service” is ambiguous, and not just because it is both a noun and verb, each of which have several meanings.  Even putting to one side the religious and (animal) sexual meanings, there is much scope for confusion.  A service may be a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/9192371016521925883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/9192371016521925883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html#9192371016521925883' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-1948016641894044189</id><published>2009-06-29T09:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-29T09:14:57.664-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Great collection of papers</title><summary type='text'>Service Design Research</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/1948016641894044189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/1948016641894044189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html#1948016641894044189' title='Great collection of papers'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-7001938180322945783</id><published>2009-05-15T08:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-15T08:15:35.606-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>http://www.enginegroup.co.uk/service_design/  Service design The inspiring website from the ENGINE group: direct quotes below:Service design is a design specialism that helps develop and deliver great services. Service design projects improve factors like ease of use, satisfaction, loyalty and efficiency right across areas such as environments, communications and products – and not forgetting the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7001938180322945783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7001938180322945783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html#7001938180322945783' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-5460725202190949398</id><published>2009-05-15T07:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-15T07:42:48.012-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-109The Role of Creative Industries in Industrial InnovationKathrin Müller, Christian Rammer, and Johannes Trübyis excellent</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/5460725202190949398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/5460725202190949398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html#5460725202190949398' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-2252532294699754315</id><published>2009-04-02T08:12:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-02T08:12:47.655-07:00</updated><title type='text'>from residual to service science</title><summary type='text'>SpringerLink - Book ChapterMetka Stare and Luis B. RubalcabaAbstract      Research on services has traveled a long way, starting from a category of non-productive spending introduced by A. Smith over         the bumpy road of three centuries of economic thought toward new concepts such as services science. From being treated as a residual in national accounts, services became the dominant </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2252532294699754315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2252532294699754315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html#2252532294699754315' title='from residual to service science'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-300824071535801040</id><published>2009-04-01T04:43:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-01T04:43:15.418-07:00</updated><title type='text'>strategies and management of professional service firms</title><summary type='text'>The strategies and management of professional service firmsanother good presentation!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/300824071535801040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/300824071535801040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html#300824071535801040' title='strategies and management of professional service firms'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-6546911491607974534</id><published>2009-04-01T04:35:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-01T04:35:45.775-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Great and well-designed presentation on service system design</title><summary type='text'>Seeing Tomorrows Services: A Panel on Service Designincludes discussion/illustration iof front-office back-office perspectivemany other goodies on Slideshare.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6546911491607974534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6546911491607974534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html#6546911491607974534' title='Great and well-designed presentation on service system design'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-2976203168267095170</id><published>2009-03-31T04:09:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T04:09:33.695-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Centre for Professional Service Firms</title><summary type='text'>Oxford Saïd Business School: Centre for Professional Service Firmshas a good working paper series available from this page!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2976203168267095170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2976203168267095170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html#2976203168267095170' title='Centre for Professional Service Firms'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-6541516489805710008</id><published>2009-03-31T03:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T03:41:41.916-07:00</updated><title type='text'>GRIPS Innovatioon Blog</title><summary type='text'>Inno GRIPS project blogrecent entries include:Most recent blog entries                                                                                  	  	 	 		 			 			 				 					 						Global Green New Deal 				 				 					 						InnoGRIPS 						 						Special Topic - Innovation for Recovery  					 					 						By jhayden on 						3/30/2009 1:21 PM</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6541516489805710008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6541516489805710008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html#6541516489805710008' title='GRIPS Innovatioon Blog'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-7199161850362041005</id><published>2009-03-31T03:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T03:39:36.405-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rise of Services</title><summary type='text'>The Rise of the Service EconomyThese people dont seem to have heard of Gershuny and Skolka, and they don't explore empirical data very much - howevert they do elaborate a model relating together skilled and unskilled service work, productivity trends and imbalances, marketed services vs household production, and so on.  The hypotheses and propositions they formulate are rather interesting ones. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7199161850362041005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7199161850362041005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html#7199161850362041005' title='Rise of Services'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-818927801965669900</id><published>2009-03-30T04:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-30T04:39:10.516-07:00</updated><title type='text'>public service innovation conference</title><summary type='text'>public services innovation conference: share bright ideas to improve people's lives</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/818927801965669900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/818927801965669900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html#818927801965669900' title='public service innovation conference'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-3124159120795790450</id><published>2009-03-30T04:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-30T04:34:50.623-07:00</updated><title type='text'>an alternative to google scholar?</title><summary type='text'>HighWire Press

This is a service from Stanford: these results came up immediately with a search for KIBS - the reports may not all be free to you dear reader.  Sorry about awful formatting
•	“Impact of Functional Integration and Spatial Proximity on the Post-entry Performance of Knowledge Intensive Business Service Firms” Andreas Koch and Harald Strotmann  International Small Business Journal, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/3124159120795790450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/3124159120795790450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html#3124159120795790450' title='an alternative to google scholar?'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-1987532346450412048</id><published>2009-03-30T04:09:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-30T04:09:13.645-07:00</updated><title type='text'>More links on service science</title><summary type='text'>Service Science « N e x t N o w Collaboratory</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/1987532346450412048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/1987532346450412048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html#1987532346450412048' title='More links on service science'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-7422750691135454875</id><published>2009-03-27T14:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T14:29:25.443-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Teboul_ Services are Front Stage</title><summary type='text'>Irving Wladawsky-Berger: Services, Jobs and Related SubjectsI have used the Front/Back Stage metaphoir, but Tebuol discusses it systematically.And I was led there from this interesting discussion of SSME by Dr Banavar of IBM Inida, at http://pld.nectec.or.th/websrii/images/stories/documents/presentations/dr.banavar.pdf</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7422750691135454875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7422750691135454875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html#7422750691135454875' title='Teboul_ Services are Front Stage'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-6788313306025884834</id><published>2009-03-26T10:22:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-26T10:22:07.162-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nordic Service Innovation policy</title><summary type='text'>ServINNo - PublicationsPublicationsService Innovation the Nordic Countries: Key Factors for Policy Design. Final ReportDrafted by Carter BlochWith contributions from Elva Aðalsteinsdóttir, Per-Olof Brehmer, Jesper L. Christensen, Ina Drejer, Katja Hydle, Morten Berg Jensen , Jari Kuusisto, Ragnhild Kvålshaugen and Anker Lund Vinding.Mapping Service Innovation Policy in the Nordic Countriesby Jari</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6788313306025884834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6788313306025884834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html#6788313306025884834' title='Nordic Service Innovation policy'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-6483037281172886346</id><published>2009-03-26T09:56:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-26T09:56:37.761-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Service Design Network</title><summary type='text'>Service Design Network:</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6483037281172886346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6483037281172886346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html#6483037281172886346' title='Service Design Network'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-4074391403941583077</id><published>2009-03-26T09:09:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-26T09:09:24.465-07:00</updated><title type='text'>designing for services</title><summary type='text'>Designing For Services | Essay archiveEssay Archive 				Edited by Lucy Kimbell and Victor P. Seidel, collected in this innovative and highly illustrated volume are findings from the designing for services project. Particular focus is on the practices of an emerging discipline of service design grounded in the arts and humanities. Three case studies in which service design companies worked with </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4074391403941583077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4074391403941583077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html#4074391403941583077' title='designing for services'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-1715659760492837954</id><published>2009-03-25T03:03:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T03:03:51.355-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A good blog on service innovation and coproduction</title><summary type='text'>Service (Co-) CreationThis led me to the SDL forum - thanks to Gary R. Schirr!BTW, I have been silent for ages due to computer upgrade and loss of password info.  Should now be fixed on all my blogs.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/1715659760492837954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/1715659760492837954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html#1715659760492837954' title='A good blog on service innovation and coproduction'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-379533374668840990</id><published>2009-03-25T02:55:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T02:55:22.861-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SERVICE DOMINANT LOGIC</title><summary type='text'>The Otago Forum 2a symposium including discussion of SDL as compared to SSMEFinal papers    The full papers from each day's sessions are provided below. The presentations that accompany the papers are available here.   Tuesday, December 9 2008  Paper 1: R. Lusch &amp; S. Vargo. (2008). A service-dominant logic perspective on collaborating for competitive advantage, Otago Forum 2: Academic Papers, 1-2</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/379533374668840990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/379533374668840990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html#379533374668840990' title='SERVICE DOMINANT LOGIC'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-7572184100397527111</id><published>2008-07-21T09:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-21T09:20:01.350-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coproduction &quot;Public services&quot;'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Co-production: A manifesto for growing the core economyDownload PDFThe term 'co-production' was coined originally at the University of Indiana in the 1970s when Professor Elinor Ostrom was asked to explain to the Chicago police why the crime rate went up when the police came off the beat and into patrol cars. She used the term as a way of explaining why the police need the community as much as </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7572184100397527111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7572184100397527111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#7572184100397527111' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-7241960625126828381</id><published>2008-07-21T09:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-21T09:17:23.519-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>ServINNo Service Innovation in the Nordic Countries Key Factors for Policy DesignThe ServINNo project explores innovation processes in Nordic service firms and how policy can be designed to promote service innovation in the Nordic countries.  The aim of the project is to identify appropriate service innovation policies based on in-depth analysis of innovation activities in Nordic service </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7241960625126828381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7241960625126828381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#7241960625126828381' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-7563144568939981139</id><published>2008-06-24T02:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T02:50:29.246-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='STEM in services'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?id=7840Innovation in services: the role of science, technology, engineering and  maths (STEM): call for evidence  The  Royal Society has opened a study on the role of science, technology, engineering  and maths (STEM) in services sector innovation.  Organisations and individuals  are invited to contribute to the study by responding to our call for  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7563144568939981139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7563144568939981139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html#7563144568939981139' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-6734665037288258728</id><published>2008-06-24T01:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T01:52:18.488-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SSME net'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>http://www.ssmenetuk.org/netactivity.aspon the front page (and there are others):Knowledge Intensive Service Activities  -  NEW Research ProjectManchester University Institute of Innovation Research together with UNU-MERIT and TNO are currently conducting research on future prospects for innovation and skill requirements in the European Service Economy, with particular focus on Knowledge </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6734665037288258728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6734665037288258728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html#6734665037288258728' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-8639633800315622729</id><published>2008-05-20T05:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-20T05:40:07.734-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Consutancy report on SERVATION.(and what's SERVATION- see earlier blogs)http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/dtt_manufacturing_ServiceRevolutionInGlobalManufacturing012006.pdfDeloitte Research: "The Service Revolution in Global Manufacturing Industries"A Report by the Indian School of Business, New York University, Purdue University, and Deloitte ResearchincludesExecutive Summary..........</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/8639633800315622729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/8639633800315622729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html#8639633800315622729' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-6960538861013100588</id><published>2008-04-25T02:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-20T05:29:48.060-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>SERVONOMICS and SERVONICSSERVONOMICS: "The study of service processes, practices, products, organisations and systems.  This can be approached from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, but will almost always require an interdisciplinary style of research, since service is typically about transformations to meet individual or organisational requirements, and will thus involve technique and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6960538861013100588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6960538861013100588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#6960538861013100588' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-8988110757091340044</id><published>2008-04-18T08:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T08:40:06.500-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Three interesting contributions from Statistics in FocusAlajkääskö, P., ‘The demand for services: external but local provision’, Statistics in Focus -Industry, Trade and Services, 26/2006, Eurostat, Luxembourg, 2006. Available from:http://epp.Eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NP-06-026/EN/KS-NP-06-026-EN.PDFAlajkääskö, P., ‘EU-27 business services: thriving in the wake of outsourcing </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/8988110757091340044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/8988110757091340044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#8988110757091340044' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-8037128606188808595</id><published>2008-04-18T05:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T05:27:30.186-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>New Service Science/Innovation Blog - and NetworkBlog at http://topics.scirus.com/Services_Science_and_Innovation.htmlcontains: Introduction                         References             Selected Links             Web Search Results             Recent and Most Cited Articles             News Articles             Related Keywords Is related to new network/project:Complex Services Innovation </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/8037128606188808595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/8037128606188808595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#8037128606188808595' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-699025130461873009</id><published>2008-04-17T04:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-17T04:30:31.876-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>UNION NETWORKhttp://www.union-network.org/mentioned in previous blog, for its rich material on Business Services.  UNI is the global organisation for unions in services etc.  Its website has sections on:Commerce       Electricity       Finance  Gaming       Graphical       Hair          &amp; Beauty       IBITS          (Industry,          Business Services, ICT)       Media,          Entertainment &amp;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/699025130461873009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/699025130461873009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#699025130461873009' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-2007875152688299243</id><published>2008-04-17T04:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-17T04:07:19.011-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>UNI IBITS is the global union for industry, business services and information technology (IBITS).   UNI IBITS has 135 affiliates from 65 countries around the world who have registered around 1.2 million members with UNI IBITS. UNI IBITS members work in the most dynamic economic sectors on the cutting edge of technological and organisational change. UNI IBITS policies aim to assist and guide </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2007875152688299243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2007875152688299243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#2007875152688299243' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-2387231442215483954</id><published>2008-04-10T00:16:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T04:01:15.631-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>At the Pro Manchester website (this is a network of professionals in Manchester) there is a book of jokes:.::: Pro Manchester :::.example:"38 How many consultants does it take to change a lightbulb?1 That’s difficult to say. First, we need to do a study to see if you really need light in that area,2 determine historically why the light burned out, and3 analysis to determine whether it’s the right</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2387231442215483954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2387231442215483954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#2387231442215483954' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-4890130611069995558</id><published>2008-04-09T05:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T03:59:16.982-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>IAT - ProjekteNew Forms of Employment and Working Time in the Service Economy"Background and ObjectivesThe subject of research in NESY was the change in the organisation of work and working-time in the service sector. The entire complex of employment relationships is undergoing fundamental changes; particular emphasis in the project was laid on new forms of employment and working-time.The project</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4890130611069995558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4890130611069995558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#4890130611069995558' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-6292663173043542675</id><published>2008-02-29T06:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T03:59:49.218-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Customer perspectives on service innovation » SlideSharejust what it says!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6292663173043542675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6292663173043542675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html#6292663173043542675' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-2972921100610317224</id><published>2008-02-29T06:02:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T04:00:48.155-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Spiral : L'innovation pour les servicesUn reseau in frenchcheck out this on service science and innovation:http://www.spiral.lu/cms/spiral/content.nsf/0/35F6D847EE21FFC8C12573E2003237ED/$file/Services_JPM.pdf</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2972921100610317224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2972921100610317224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html#2972921100610317224' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-6897542639607400854</id><published>2008-02-28T09:00:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-28T09:00:09.845-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Trade in KIS</title><summary type='text'>            												Trading in Ideas and Knowledge												A report prepared for the Knowledge Economy Programme								Brinkley, Ian								2007		                                                        IfGermany is good at making cars and Japan at micro electronics, whatdoes Britain excel at economically? The answer is ‘knowledgeservices’.  Trading in Ideas and Knowledge arguesthat </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6897542639607400854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/6897542639607400854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html#6897542639607400854' title='Trade in KIS'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-7864289977194332706</id><published>2008-02-28T08:57:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-28T08:57:01.388-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Public Service Innovation</title><summary type='text'>The Work Foundation - Public Service Innovation				Rohit Lekhi, Research Republic LLP								December 2007		                                                        Theagenda for public service reform increasingly demands that servicesmeet the rising expectations of citizens. At the same time, rapidchanges in information and communication technologies provide newopportunities for gains in both </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7864289977194332706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7864289977194332706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html#7864289977194332706' title='Public Service Innovation'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-5318377898067374662</id><published>2008-02-27T04:16:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-27T04:16:15.517-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Berkeley Conference Services and Innovation</title><summary type='text'>Somehow I missed this at the time!  Some excellent material:Tekes » Events » Services and InnovationDavid Teece, Mitsubishi Bank Professor, Haas School of Business            Innovation and management in services in an             advanced global economy (pdf)Customer Perspectives on Services             Innovation (pdf)Panel Chair: Stephen Ezell, Peer Insight (tbc)Jim Marsden, HP:Innovation and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/5318377898067374662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/5318377898067374662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html#5318377898067374662' title='Berkeley Conference Services and Innovation'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-7463205982246257765</id><published>2008-02-25T09:50:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-25T09:50:28.014-08:00</updated><title type='text'>SC Research</title><summary type='text'>SC-Research - Contact info and stafflots of work in Finland on KIBS and innovation:here is a really interesting paper on taxonomy of services (with productivity analysis in mind):Productivity of Business Services - Towards A New Taxonomy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7463205982246257765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7463205982246257765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html#7463205982246257765' title='SC Research'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-8052610246887855330</id><published>2008-02-12T06:30:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-12T06:30:49.890-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Innovation Platform for knowledge intensive services launched</title><summary type='text'>at:http://www.europe-innova.org/index.jsp?type=page&amp;previousContentId=9208&amp;cid=9212&amp;lg=EN"Asa new element of Europe INNOVA, the "European Innovation Platform forKnowledge Intensive Services" (KIS-IP) was launched at a Commission's Workshop on innovation in services in Brussels the 4th of February.The objectiveof KIS-IP is to foster technological as well as non-technologicalinnovation in services,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/8052610246887855330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/8052610246887855330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html#8052610246887855330' title='Innovation Platform for knowledge intensive services launched'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-4639206177916771471</id><published>2008-02-11T06:22:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-11T06:22:05.102-08:00</updated><title type='text'>IBM Systems Journal</title><summary type='text'>http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj47-1.html"Recognizing the growing significance of service innovation in theglobal economy, many in academia and industry have suggested that thereis a need for a new science of service systems whose chief goal is thedevelopment of efficient and scalable methods for service systemanalysis, design, implementation, and delivery. This issue presents 14papers on a</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4639206177916771471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4639206177916771471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html#4639206177916771471' title='IBM Systems Journal'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-5420300287941999907</id><published>2008-02-08T06:34:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-08T06:34:47.789-08:00</updated><title type='text'>papers on services from manufacturing...</title><summary type='text'>... and transoition from mfg to sersScientific Commons: Heiko GebauerPowered by ScribeFire.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/5420300287941999907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/5420300287941999907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html#5420300287941999907' title='papers on services from manufacturing...'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-4811898756985694350</id><published>2008-01-17T08:35:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-17T08:35:47.129-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Public sector in Knowledge Economy (cities)</title><summary type='text'>The Work Foundation - Public as well as private sector spending drives knowledge economy success in cities all over the UK  "Our new analysis clearly shows that the UK is much more than a tale of two types of city, North and South: inequalities, challenges and successes are scattered throughout the regions of England.’The report stresses the vital role that public expenditure plays in supporting </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4811898756985694350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4811898756985694350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#4811898756985694350' title='Public sector in Knowledge Economy (cities)'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-2666183714252951344</id><published>2008-01-17T07:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-17T07:07:15.375-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Service statistics and innovation measurement</title><summary type='text'>NBR Special Reportssee the report																The Measure of a Nation: Quantifying Innovative Strength through Improved Service Sector Metrics						John M. Graham						No. 11, February 2007					Powered by ScribeFire.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2666183714252951344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2666183714252951344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#2666183714252951344' title='Service statistics and innovation measurement'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-2531568127627813442</id><published>2008-01-15T04:52:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-15T04:52:32.759-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Research in the Services Sector - Walter Ganz</title><summary type='text'>Technology-platforms: Reports of Expert Group on "Key Technologies for Europe"  Reports of Expert Group on "Key Technologies for Europe" include:  Communications. Petros Kavassalis, Atlantis Group at University of Crete. Pre-final Draft, 4 August 2005.              Healthcare. Dr. Anette Braun, Germany.              Research in the Services Sector. Walter Ganz, Fraunhofer Institut. (Final Report)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2531568127627813442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2531568127627813442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#2531568127627813442' title='Research in the Services Sector - Walter Ganz'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-7523079752017017323</id><published>2008-01-14T07:15:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-14T07:15:25.891-08:00</updated><title type='text'>EIRMA on service innovation</title><summary type='text'>eIQ12 Winter 07 contains this piece on service innovation - there are interesting links to the ECON report for Norway, a study of IP protection and services,  and a roundtable on managing service innovationPowered by ScribeFire.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7523079752017017323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7523079752017017323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#7523079752017017323' title='EIRMA on service innovation'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-3333689259583175014</id><published>2007-12-17T03:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-17T03:08:18.215-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>GaWC - Multiple GaWCsThe GaWC network has plenty of material on world cities, now organised into a series of themes.  Going to publications, you can find some KIBS papers:GaWC Research Bulletin 252 (A) : 'Geographies of International Business Travel in the Professional Service Economy'  (J.R. Faulconbridge and J.V. Beaverstock)GaWC Research Bulletin 246 (A) : 'Cultural Economies of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/3333689259583175014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/3333689259583175014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html#3333689259583175014' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-8192624543299709017</id><published>2007-08-08T08:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-08T08:38:23.338-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wkipedia on service innovation</title><summary type='text'>Service innovation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaI thought it was time for this to be featured on the great Wikipedia.Powered by ScribeFire.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/8192624543299709017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/8192624543299709017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html#8192624543299709017' title='Wkipedia on service innovation'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-8693912495164172068</id><published>2007-08-08T08:37:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-08T08:37:36.056-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Services Science Management and Engineering</title><summary type='text'>SSMEnetUK is an EPSRC funded network of UK researchersinterested in Services Science Management and Engineering, launched in June 2007. The website currently sets out the  rationale forthe network andenables researchers to register their interest. The website isorganized as follows: Aims Rationale Founding members Challenge Activities References associated with this website Register your </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/8693912495164172068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/8693912495164172068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html#8693912495164172068' title='Services Science Management and Engineering'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-3805590321588482349</id><published>2007-08-08T08:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-08T08:34:39.558-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Open Economy</title><summary type='text'>Open Economy - Las nuevas reglas de la economía de la participación - Jose L. Marin y Juan Vicente GarcíaSpanish-language (at present) blog/site on Knowledge Economy and services issues.Powered by ScribeFire.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/3805590321588482349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/3805590321588482349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html#3805590321588482349' title='Open Economy'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-1664225405466398791</id><published>2007-08-03T08:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-03T08:35:59.449-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Service-Dominant Logic"The foundational proposition of S-D logic is that organizations, markets, and society are fundamentally concerned with exchange of service—the applications of competences (knowledge and skills) for the benefit of a party. That is, service is exchanged for service; all firms are service firms; all markets are centered on the exchange of service, and all economies and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/1664225405466398791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/1664225405466398791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html#1664225405466398791' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-7874556065391372582</id><published>2007-06-25T13:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-25T13:34:24.224-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Service Innovation: The Next Big ThingBusiness Week's take on service innovation, sparked off by SRII (see previous posting)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7874556065391372582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/7874556065391372582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html#7874556065391372582' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-4750677853950053783</id><published>2007-06-25T13:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-25T13:31:36.604-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Service Research &amp; Innovation Initiative:"Services Research &amp; Innovation Initiative…Defines the Future"We are at a time when customers are demanding more business value from their information technology investments and Wall Street is looking for ever improving operating margins, technology companies simply must learn to innovate in this rapidly growing and strategic part of their business. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4750677853950053783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4750677853950053783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html#4750677853950053783' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-2032179828500229230</id><published>2007-06-25T13:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-25T13:21:32.079-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>What's New - DTIthis features a link to DTI Occasional Paper no 9 - Innovation in Serviceswhose chapters are:1. Introduction2. Changing understanding of innovationBruce Tether and Jeremy Howells3. Managing service innovationJohn Bessant and Andrew Davies4. Innovation in Experiential ServicesChris Voss and Leonieke Zomerdijk5. Services and the Innovation InfrastructureBruce Tether and Silvia </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2032179828500229230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2032179828500229230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html#2032179828500229230' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-531240102408036705</id><published>2007-06-14T07:01:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-14T07:01:53.566-07:00</updated><title type='text'>KIPS (sorta KIBS)</title><summary type='text'>Innovation in Small Construction Knowledge-Intensive Professional Service Firmsuseful not least because of the creativity role here.Powered by ScribeFire.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/531240102408036705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/531240102408036705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html#531240102408036705' title='KIPS (sorta KIBS)'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-877359009871096147</id><published>2007-06-01T07:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-01T07:24:26.146-07:00</updated><title type='text'>International Trade Forum</title><summary type='text'>International Trade Forum - The quarterly magazine of the International Trade Centre: From policy to practicecontains essays by people like Dorothy Riddle on export startegies and links between export and innovationPowered by ScribeFire.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/877359009871096147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/877359009871096147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html#877359009871096147' title='International Trade Forum'/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-4127648117276964037</id><published>2007-02-28T07:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T07:42:39.265-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>About designUK Design Council facts, fuigures, and studies inc service design.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4127648117276964037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/4127648117276964037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html#4127648117276964037' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-2954576973917634348</id><published>2007-02-23T04:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-23T04:41:43.390-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>TrendChart Innovation Policy In Europe:Innovation in Services  Workshop Papersa heap of great studies of services and services innovation</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2954576973917634348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2954576973917634348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html#2954576973917634348' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-5198815575648444795</id><published>2007-02-12T13:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-19T02:47:04.131-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>&lt;&gt; issues on servicesThis distinguished French journal regularly turns to the theme of "Economie et Gestion des Services" (EGS) that is Economics and Management of Services.Issues include:N 1. - Mai 1999 - Les Services de l'an 2000  N 2. - Juin 2000 - Les Services: innovations, nouvelles technologies, international N 3. - Juin 2001 - Poursuivre le débat sur la relation de service N 4. - Juillet </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/5198815575648444795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/5198815575648444795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html#5198815575648444795' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-8608046907360375927</id><published>2007-01-19T02:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-19T02:47:04.271-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Working Paper BETA #2006-01:"Maria Savona, André LorentzDemand and Technology Determinants of Structural Change and Tertiarisation: An Input-Output Structural Decomposition Analysis for four OECD CountriesAbstract : The paper provides fresh empirical evidence on the relative role of changes in final and intermediate demand as affecting the changes in the sectoral structure of advanced economies. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/8608046907360375927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/8608046907360375927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html#8608046907360375927' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-200313422036698078</id><published>2007-01-13T07:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-13T07:40:02.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>DTI - Economics Papers related to SIA: that is to Innovation Statisticsincludes:</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/200313422036698078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/200313422036698078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html#200313422036698078' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-2342952833752889085</id><published>2007-01-13T07:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-13T07:32:46.092-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Tekes: "Serve - Innovative Services Technology Programme 2006-2010The "Serve programme targets to increase and broaden the services development of the Finnish industry and to promote academic research in service related areas. Innovative service concepts and internationally competitive business models renew and strengthen the Finnish economy. "Yet to have any real project content, but one to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2342952833752889085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/2342952833752889085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html#2342952833752889085' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-116870076051189061</id><published>2007-01-13T07:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-13T07:06:01.436-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Tekes - Services and Innovationproceedings of Services and Innovation Conference, held 10-11 October 2006at Marina Congress Center, Helsinki, Finland..."Service sector is vitally important for the economic success of the European Union. Services and Innovation Conference will address a range of key issues and policies in this area including:    * Services related innovation policies in the EU    </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/116870076051189061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/116870076051189061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html#116870076051189061' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-116730245396023531</id><published>2006-12-28T02:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-28T02:40:57.303-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>emcc - EMCC dossier on Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) November 2006 dossier, with case studies and scenarios (these focus on offshoring) - different from the EMCC report I wrote a year or so back, lots of content.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/116730245396023531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/116730245396023531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_archive.html#116730245396023531' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-116544140905327780</id><published>2006-12-06T13:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-06T13:43:29.330-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Point Forward - About: An innovation support KIBS with a rich web site.  "Point Forward delivers innovation strategies based on customer insights."</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/116544140905327780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/116544140905327780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_archive.html#116544140905327780' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-116522971569047634</id><published>2006-12-04T02:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-04T02:55:20.396-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>ForfásReport on services innovation and services innovation policies for Ireland!  When will we see this for the UK?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/116522971569047634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/116522971569047634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_archive.html#116522971569047634' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-116332643282536095</id><published>2006-11-12T02:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T02:13:53.936-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>OLYMPUS Future Creation Laboratory : Fields of ResearchHumanware: inspiration-induced ubiquitous services.  Confession: I thought I might have coined the term "ubiquitous services" for a talk I'm doing soon in Korea at a Ubiquitous Computing conference.    I find 200,000+ google hits, even several dozen Gogle Image hits!  A few more postings are liable to follow.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/116332643282536095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/116332643282536095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html#116332643282536095' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-116317161941015187</id><published>2006-11-10T07:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T07:13:41.946-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Tekes conference on"Innovative Services and Innovation Policy" : Conference on Innovation in Services in Helsinki, 10-11 October 2006.papers downloadable:Service sector performance and structural changes in the economyProfessor John R. Bryson, University of BirminghamMarkets, Competition, Regulation and Innovation in the financial services sectorDr Andrew Hilton, Centre for the Study of Financial</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/116317161941015187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/116317161941015187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html#116317161941015187' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-116231077333900917</id><published>2006-10-31T08:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-10-31T08:06:13.683-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Working Paper Series - Papers | Research Institute for Business and Management (RIBM) | MMUand if you go to http://www.ribm.mmu.ac.uk/wps/papers/wp03_10.pdfyou'll find that: "Logit regressions are run on factors influencing the adoption of intranets and clientextranet for a sample of 164 UK SMEs. The findings challenge two oft-stated views.First, that ICT adoption in SMEs depends on the CEO/owner</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/116231077333900917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/116231077333900917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archive.html#116231077333900917' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-116048961182194589</id><published>2006-10-10T07:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-10T07:13:32.146-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>EBKEBK is Evolution of Business Knowledge, and the working papers here include studies of managers and conusltants, client-consultant relations, and knowledge-intensive business.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/116048961182194589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/116048961182194589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archive.html#116048961182194589' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-115995129151303447</id><published>2006-10-04T01:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-04T01:41:39.680-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Faculty Publications HomeLinks to many papers on services issues: includes coproduction with KIBS, self-services, and services/technology issues.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/115995129151303447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/115995129151303447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archive.html#115995129151303447' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-115831138214205387</id><published>2006-09-15T02:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T02:09:42.616-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Systemic Business : This is the website of the Systemic Business Community - this particular page listing - Publications by Date, including such pieces as:'Networking Your Knowledge Workers: Collaborative Communities of Mobile Business Professionals' 'Enabling Collective Knowledge Work through the Design of Mediating Spaces'   and  "Transformation of Corporations: Towards Appreciative Service </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/115831138214205387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/115831138214205387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_archive.html#115831138214205387' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-114605503552553365</id><published>2006-04-26T05:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-26T05:37:15.746-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>SourceOECD: issues  OECD report on Knowledge Intensive Service Activities (and innovation) now available!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114605503552553365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114605503552553365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_archive.html#114605503552553365' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-114511921336215022</id><published>2006-04-15T09:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-15T09:40:13.446-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'> Outsourcing in the New Economy: Lots of papers on this theme from inst for Internat Economics:"... Globalization of IT hardware contributed to rapid productivity and job growth in the 1990s, and globalization of software and IT services likely will spur a second wave of US productivity and job growth. Nevertheless, the specter of losing white-collar IT jobs abroad looms large, and frequently </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114511921336215022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114511921336215022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_archive.html#114511921336215022' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-114511856034456560</id><published>2006-04-15T09:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-15T09:29:31.073-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>SEM2006 HomeSEM2006 Summer School Invitation LetterDear Friends and Colleagues,Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Helsinki University of Technology is organizing an International Summer School in Service Engineering and Management. The Summer School event takes place in Espoo, Finland Aug 27 - Sep 2, 2006.Senior academics will host a series of events for doctoral students and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114511856034456560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114511856034456560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_archive.html#114511856034456560' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-114336923969868115</id><published>2006-03-26T02:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-26T02:33:59.766-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Brookings Scholar: Jack E. TriplettJack Triplett's home page: man downloadables, including one on services overcomiong Baumol problem, which concludes:"In their labor productivity and MFP performance, the servicesindustries have long appeared unhealthy, especially since thegreat productivity slowdown after 1973. With some exceptions,they appear lively and rejuvenated today. We find that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114336923969868115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114336923969868115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html#114336923969868115' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-114336884218245042</id><published>2006-03-26T02:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-26T02:27:22.310-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>CBR CBR website: further trawling reveals a lot of other service-related papers here, including :(there is much more!)"The national varieties of capitalism: the cases of Wal-mart and Ikea " Sue Konzelmann , Charles Craypo, Rabih Aridi, Frank WilkinsonSeptember 2005: WP314 "Will services be the new engine of economic growth in India? " Ajit Singh, Sukti DasguptaSeptember 2005: WP310 "The </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114336884218245042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114336884218245042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html#114336884218245042' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-114336749061343924</id><published>2006-03-26T02:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-26T02:04:50.766-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>CBR SearchWP140 on services vs manufacturing innovation: "Most previous research comparing innovation activity in the manufacturing and service sectors has taken insufficient account of the variation in the intensity and nature of innovation activity within those sectors. We address this question using a simple sectoral split and applying it to manufacturing and the business services sector. The </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114336749061343924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114336749061343924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html#114336749061343924' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-114336603088956189</id><published>2006-03-26T01:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-26T01:40:31.133-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Welcome to the Web Site of the SETI Project: Not the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, but a project on Sustainable growth, Employment creation and Technological Integration in the european knowledge-based economyPapers on this site include:REVIEW OF THE THEORETICAL LITERATUREImports of services and economic growth:A dynamic panel approachInternational competitiveness in producer </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114336603088956189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114336603088956189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html#114336603088956189' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-114113536553526547</id><published>2006-02-28T06:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-28T06:02:45.590-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Ian Dew-Becker and Robert Gordon paper: Thisa is the paper cited by Krugman</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114113536553526547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114113536553526547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_archive.html#114113536553526547' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-114113519078089453</id><published>2006-02-28T05:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-28T05:59:51.003-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Paul Krugman: Graduates versus Oligarchs: Op-ed by Krugma, discussing..."    A new research paper by Ian Dew-Becker and Robert Gordon of Northwestern University, 'Where Did the Productivity Growth Go?,' gives the details. Between 1972 and 2001 the wage and salary income of Americans at the 90th percentile of the income distribution rose only 34 percent, or about 1 percent per year. So being in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114113519078089453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114113519078089453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_archive.html#114113519078089453' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-114070048539147737</id><published>2006-02-23T05:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-23T05:14:45.526-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>International Hobo - Articles  These are articles written by staff of this company that specialises in services to computer games development.  Some aree very funny, others contain distilled wisdom about many features of this industry, especially design issues.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114070048539147737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/114070048539147737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_archive.html#114070048539147737' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-113766281043435521</id><published>2006-01-19T01:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-19T01:26:50.646-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Publin, innovation in the public sector, reportsnow includes nonacademic policy conclusions report (and more)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/113766281043435521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/113766281043435521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html#113766281043435521' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-113405082783834442</id><published>2005-12-08T06:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T06:07:07.856-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Tjenesteyting, handel, logistikk - Puls  This is the site where presentations from the Nordic Conference on services and vaklue creation are available.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/113405082783834442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/113405082783834442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_archive.html#113405082783834442' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-113137115814300395</id><published>2005-11-07T05:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-07T05:45:58.186-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Nordic Service ConferenceDownloadable presentations from this conference, including a few on services' innovation policy:Karin Yrvin, State Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry, NorwayAn Innovation Policy for Growth and EmploymentEnhancing the Performance of the Service Sector With emphasis on how to promote innovation in serviceShuji Tamura, Science and Technology Policy Division,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/113137115814300395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/113137115814300395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_archive.html#113137115814300395' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-113103557168523888</id><published>2005-11-03T08:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-03T08:32:51.736-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>All three papers on KIBS are now available at the EMCC site, separately or as a single PDF:http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu05016a.html</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/113103557168523888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/113103557168523888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_archive.html#113103557168523888' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599797.post-112946287105575864</id><published>2005-10-16T04:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T04:56:44.396-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>KIBS publications and presentationsStumbled-upon these THREE items...FIRST:  Determinants of Innovative Activity in Newly Founded Knowledge Intensive Business Service Firmsby Andreas Koch &amp; Harald StrotmannAbstract...."Innovative activity is performed to a considerable extent in the service sector, namely within the socalled knowledge intensive business services (KIBS). Nevertheless, little is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/112946287105575864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599797/posts/default/112946287105575864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knowledgeintensiveservices.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_archive.html#112946287105575864' title=''/><author><name>Ian Miles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
