This research explores the relationship between service innovation and international development in producers' service firms. A theoretical model explaining how firms achieve international performance is tested using the partial least-squares (PLS) method. Data are obtained from a specific...

This article analyses the evolution of employment in the French regions, putting the accent on business service firms. A ‘shift and share’ type of analysis shows that a primary decentralisation in tertiary activities seems to emerge in the 1990s, essentially pertaining to ancillary producer...

Medium-sized cities are often considered as a valuable substitute to a large metropolis as they may promote better sustainable growth. However, these second rank conurbations do not benefit from economies of scale as do larger cities. They share some characteristics with a big metropolis,...

This paper focuses on service firms trying to develop markets at an international level. Such strategies are more and more often adopted, even by small-sized firms in B-to-B activities. Entry modes on foreign markets are of paramount importance as they also define the modes of relationship...

France has experienced since the 1970s a huge change in employment trends concerning activity sectors but also location patterns. Research by the authors tends to show that the business service sector plays an effective driving role in these dynamics, particularly during the last decade. It...