The need for innovation, coupled with the pervading role of services in advanced economies, requires a broader understanding of innovation that better captures the multi-dimensional role of services in innovation. In this paper, we consider ‘service innovation’ as any innovation...

<em>This paper is co-authored by Črt Kostevc, University of Ljubljana, and Institute for Economic Research (IER); and Metka Stare, Institute of Economic Research (IER) and University of Ljubljana.</em> The paper investigates the dual effect of innovation on employment and skill...

In times of sluggish economic growth innovation is perceived as the key lever to re-introduce dynamism into the economy and eventually also revive employment growth. Yet, six years after the outbreak of the financial crisis, it becomes evident that the rising unemployment is among the biggest...