Business Services in European Economic Growth [electronic resource] /
Rubalcaba, L.editor.
Kox, H.editor.
The business services sector contributes heavily to European economic growth. Yet links between business services, and their role in economic growth remain under-explored. This volume provides a comprehensive approach from an applied economics perspective, covering with clear focus all the major mechanisms through which this contribution operates.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-293) and index.
The growth of European business services / Luis Rubalcaba and Henk Kox -- Business services and their users : a literature review / Ian Miles -- Productivity in business services / Dirk Pilat -- The contribution of business services to economic growth / Henk Kox and Luis Rubalcaba -- The impact of business services use on client industries : evidence from input-output data / Paul Baker -- IT services and productivity in European industries / Francesco Crespi -- Integration and diffusion of KIS for industry performance / José A. Camacho and Mercedes Rodriguez -- Innovation in business services : from technological adoption to multiple, complementary, concurrent changes / Jeremy Howells, Bruce S. Tether and Elvira Uyarra -- The impact of contractual arrangements on innovation in knowledge-intensive business services / Aija Leiponen -- Organizational innovation, information technology and outsourcing to business services / Werner Hölzl, Andreas Reinstaller and Paul Windrum -- Market structure, productivity and scale in European business services / Henk Kox, George van Leeuwen and Henry van der Wiel -- Globalization and global sourcing in business services / Luis Rubalcaba and Desireé van Welsum -- The European internal market for business services : no open borders yet / Henk Kox and Arjan Lejour -- A segmentation approach to understanding business and professional services in city-regions : shifting the horizon beyond global cities / John R. Bryson and P. W. Daniels -- Policy implications / Henk Kox and Luis Rubalcaba.
The business services sector contributes heavily to European economic growth. Yet links between business services, and their role in economic growth remain under-explored. This volume provides a comprehensive approach from an applied economics perspective, covering with clear focus all the major mechanisms through which this contribution operates.
International business enterprises.
Production management.
Service industries.
International economics.
Economic growth.
International Business.
Operations Management.
Services.
International Economics.
Economic Growth.