PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
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- knowledge-intensive service | KIS
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- Sainmhíniú service that relies on professional knowledge or expertise relating to a specific technical or functional domain Tagairt COM-FI, based on:Windrum P, Tomlinson M. Knowledge-intensive services and international competitiveness: a four country comparison, University of Maastricht, http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=305 [24.1.2010]
- Nóta Specialised expert knowledge, research and problem-solving know-how are the real products of knowledge-intensive services.Source: Strambach S. Knowledge-intensive services and innovation in Germany, Report for TSER project, University of Stuttgart, 1997, cited in Windrum P, Tomlinson M. Knowledge-intensive services and international competitiveness: a four country comparison, University of Maastricht, http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=305 [24.1.2010]KIS firms may be primary sources of information and knowledge (through reports, training, consultancy etc.) or else their services form key intermediate inputs in the products or production processes of other businesses (e.g. communication and computer services). As well as being users of new technology, some KIS industries are carriers of new technology (e.g. consultancies and training services), while others are themselves integral producers of new technologies - notably the wide range of computer, software, telecomms and telematics services.Source: Windrum P, Tomlinson M. Knowledge-intensive services and international competitiveness: a four country comparison, University of Maastricht, http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=305 [24.1.2010]See also knowledge-intensive business service: IATE:3530178 See Graphics for a list of knowledge-intensive service sectors.