Services and the Knowledge-Based Economy

ISBN-13: 9780826449535 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 288 str.

Mark Boden;Ian Miles;Mark Boden

Opis

Over the past two decades, the service sector have increased dramatically and now occupy the largest share of the economy of advanced industrial societies. Certain business services are regularly cited as evidence for the emergence of a knowledge economy. In this pioneering book, leading researchers in the fields of service industries and innovation studies investigate the reasons for the growth of the service sectors and this emergent knowledge economy.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Are Services Special? 2. Neo-Schumpeterian Perspectives on Innovation in Services 3. Dynamic Innovation Systems: What Is the Role of Services? 4. European Service Sectors 5. Indicators of Innovation Activities in Services 6. Organization and Innovation Strategy in Services 7. Beyond Technological Innovation: Trajectories and Varieties of Services Innovation 8. Supplier-User Interaction in Knowledge-Intensive Business Services: Types of Expertise and Modes of Organization 9. Innovation Agents and Technology Transfer 10. New Information Technology and Localized Technological Change in the Knowledge-Based Economy 11. Knowledge-Intensive Business Services and Productivity Growth: The Greek Evidence 12. Information and Technology Flows from the Service Sector: a UK-Japan Comparison, 13. The New Knowledge Infrastructure: The Role of Technology-Based Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in National Innovation Systems 14. Conclusions: Beyond the Services Economy

O autorze

Mark Boden, Ian Miles