Service entities in open-closed innovation / Yumiko Kinoshita.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kinoshita, Yumiko, author.

Series:

Economic issues, problems and perspectives series.

Economic issues, problems and perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Service industries--Technological innovations.

Service industries.

Service industries--Information technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2011]

Summary:

There is far less empirical and statistical studies performed with regard to the service sector than the manufacturing sector. The productivity of the service sector has not been identified clearly in relation to the sectoral growth because the productivity of service sectors has not been improved for decades in major OECD countries. The growth of service sectors are important particularly from the viewpoint of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which consist a large part of the service sector even more than that of manufacturing sector. This book examines the importance of service sectors in regard to the growth of the entire economy

Contents:

Introduction: service economy and the role of innovation in services

The world economy and the growth in service sectors

Productivity and innovation in service sectors

Empirical analyses

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5361-1164-3