The growing importance of knowledge- -intensive business services in international trade

• Authors: Joanna Wyszkowska-Kuna

Title variants

EN

Wzrost znaczenia usług biznesowych opartych na wiedzy w wymianie międzynarodowej

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this paper is to show that the main driving force behind the dynamic development of international service trade in recent years was an increasing role of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) in this trade. The first part of the paper focus on indicating main factors that have contributed to rapid growth of KIBS in service trade, defining KIBS trade and presenting a short review of related research. The second part of the study is empirical. The author shows an increasing role of KIBS in world service exports, as well as studies the situation in different groups of countries. The analysis refers to the exports of total KIBS and of each KIBS categories. The paper uses UNCTAD database. The analyzed period usually covers the years 2000-2013, because data on individual components of Other services have been available since 2000.

PL

Celem pracy jest pokazanie, iż główną siłą napędową dynamicznego rozwoju międzynarodowego handlu usługami w ostatnich latach był wzrastający udział usług biznesowych opartych na wiedzy (KIBS) w tej wymianie. Pierwsza część pracy koncentruje się na wskazaniu czynników, które przyczyniły się do wzrostu znaczenie KIBS w wymianie międzynarodowej, zdefiniowaniu handlu KIBS oraz przeglądzie dotychczasowych badań w tym obszarze. Druga część pracy ma charakter empiryczny. Autorka pokazuje wzrastającą rolę KIBS w światowym eksporcie usług, jak również analizuje sytuację w poszczególnych grupach krajów. Analiza odnosi się do eksportu KIBS ogółem oraz poszczególnych kategorii KIBS. W pracy wykorzystano dane z UNCTAD. Analizowany okres to na ogół lata 2000- -2013, ponieważ od 2000 roku dostępne są dane na temat handlu w poszczególnych kategoriach Pozostałych usług.

Keywords

EN

Export performance; International trade; Internationalization; Knowledge-intensive business services

PL

Międzynarodowy handel; Umiędzynarodowienie; Usługi biznesowe oparte na wiedzy; Wyniki eksportowe

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach
• Journal: Studia Ekonomiczne
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 266
• Pages: 249-260

Contributors

author

Joanna Wyszkowska-Kuna

• University of Lodz. Faculty of Economics and Sociology. Department of World Economy and European Integration

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ISSN

2083-8611