KIBS (knowledge-intensive business services) supply information and knowledge products or use knowledge to support their clients’ own knowledge generation and information processing activities. KIBS providers are defined as ‘organisations who rely heavily on professional knowledge ... to supply
Established in 1896 by two brothers, Percy and Edward Simmons, Simmons and Simmons is a leading international law firm with close to 2,000 employees and boasting 20 offices located in major business and financial centres throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The company is headquartered at
Mandriva is the only European-based Global Linux computer operating system editor. The French company edits and manages the Mandriva Linux System, recognised as being one of the most complete and easiest to use of the Linux operating systems. The company offers a complete range of software products
Ogilvy and Mather Düsseldorf is one of some 497 offices within the Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide advertising agency network, which is headquartered in New York. In turn, Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide is a subsidiary of the larger WPP Group. The WPP Group of companies was established in 1986 with the
The City of London is a centre of financial activity, characterised by a high concentration of banks and financial services providers, legal services, insurance companies and professional services companies. It also holds high numbers of companies offering business support industries, such as
Espion is an information technology (IT) security business located in Stillorgan in south Dublin in Ireland. The products and services it offers range from security system design to comprehensive forensic investigation and security training. The three founding directors established the company in
This cluster study concentrates on the respective capital cities of Finland and Estonia, namely Helsinki and Tallinn. This cluster area was chosen because of the dynamic nature of the economies located in the region. Finland has one of the most developed information and communication technologies
This issue contains the following articles: Director's diary; Working conditions in Europe – what workers say; Research highlights low level of EU mobility; In brief; and Latest events and publications.
The Foundation’s European working conditions surveys, conducted every five years, have been providing a unique insight into quality-of-work issues since 1990. In this fourth survey, interviews were conducted in late 2005 with nearly 30,000 workers in 31 countries (the EU25, the two acceding
The third Foundation Forum puts forward the question: Competitive Europe – Social Europe: partners or rivals? The question is not here of course viewed from an historical perspective but rather in terms of how the various European social models are currently compatible with competitiveness. More