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ORGANISATIONAL LITERATUR INNOVATION IN HUNGARY
companies and are not produced for
private consumers.
„Knowledge-intensive” is defined either
in terms of the reliance on highly qualified
labour or in terms of the complex
transaction between client and service
provider.
„Knowledge-intensive firms” are companies
carrying out intellectual activities
where human capital plays a significant
role.
Although, as presented above, the widely
accepted definition on KIBS is still missing,
there is a consensus regarding the labelling
of categories within the classification of
economic activities as knowledge-intensive
business activities. In general, mainly nonroutine
services provided to firms and public
organisations and based on intensive utilisation
of knowledge, e.g. IT services (both hardware
and software), administrative-legal services,
R&D, etc. belong to this category. Concerning
the NACE 2 -categories, the following activities
usually count as KIBS:
Table 1. NACE codes of knowledge-intensive business services
NACE code
Activity
62 Computer programming, consultancy, and related activities
63 Information service activities
649 Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
661 Activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
662 Activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
69 Legal and accounting activities
70 Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis
72 Scientific research and development
73 Advertising and market research
743 Translation and interpretation activities
773 Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment, and tangible goods
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78 Employment activities
8110 Combined facility support activities
8122 Other building and industrial cleaning activities
8220 Activities of call centres
855 Other educational activity