4.5.3 Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS)
Completion requirements
Knowledge intensive business services (KIBS), provide high-tech support to other businesses. They are heavily reliant on professional knowledge. The ease with which suppliers and consumers can communicate and collaborate has enabled KIBS suppliers to work closely with their clients and
jointly develop solutions to processing problems.
In 2016, the fastest growth performance industry in Canada was information technology. High-technology and knowledge-intensive goods are having positive effects on international trade growth, a greater effect than international trade in natural resources, for example.
KIBS success depends on well-educated, innovative employees able to compete in the global market.
In 2016, the fastest growth performance industry in Canada was information technology. High-technology and knowledge-intensive goods are having positive effects on international trade growth, a greater effect than international trade in natural resources, for example.
KIBS success depends on well-educated, innovative employees able to compete in the global market.
- A commercial bank wants to develop an online banking solution app for a new breed of smartphones.
- The Royal Canadian Air Force needs a flight simulator on which new pilots can train.
- Canada Post requires transportation logistics software to facilitate the increase in domestic parcel delivery.
The Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform
is a data-sharing partnership that enables collaboration, and facilitates the distribution of neuroscience research data across Canada and globally.
The grant to develop the platform was worth CAD $10,170,000. (February, 2018)
The grant to develop the platform was worth CAD $10,170,000. (February, 2018)
