Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) are intermediary firms which specialise in knowledge screening, assessment and evaluation, and trade professional consultancy services. The remarkable rise of this broad class of activities is perceived by many as the natural by-product of modern...

Scholarly efforts within the evolutionary theories of the firm are increasingly attempting to bridge the micro and macro perspectives of capabilities research to learn more about the growth of the firm. This paper tackles this challenge by proposing a focus on the mechanisms of knowledge...