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da Silva, Frederico Augusto Barbosa; Ziviani, Paula; … - 2019

Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br), in order to contribute to the reflection on the internet's use and access to … cultural goods and services. In order to do so, a survey of the historical context of the Internet's emergence and development … well as the accumulation of uses - the action of performing various practices on the internet and its different types of …

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The impact of services liberalization on education: Evidence from India

Nano, Enrico; Nayyar, Gaurav; Rubínová, Stela; … - 2021

This paper studies the impact of services liberalization on education and the gender education gap at the district level in India. We focus on the time period 1987 to 1999 and three services sectors - banking, insurance and telecommunications - which were all state monopolies, have been heavily...

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Foreign ownership and productivity: New evidence from the service sector and the R&D lab

Griffith, Rachel; Redding, Stephen; Simpson, Helen - 2004

This paper examines the relationship between foreign ownership and productivity, paying particular attention to two issues neglected in the existing literature Ö the role of multinationals in service sectors and the importance of R&D activity conducted by foreign multinationals. We review...

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Services Trade and Policy

Francois, Joseph F.; Hoekman, Bernard - 2009

Since the mid-1980s a substantial body of research has taken shape on trade in services. Much of this is inspired by the WTO or regional trade agreements, especially the EU. However, an increasing number of papers focus on the impacts of unilateral services sector liberalization. The literature...

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Modes of Delivery in Services

Christen, Elisabeth; Francois, Joseph - 2010

We develop a new analytical framework for both cross-border services trade and services trade through foreign affiliates, based on heterogeneous firms operating under oligopoly. This leads to direct predictions about choice of services delivery (mode of delivery) at the firm level, and about the...

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Time zones matter: The impact of distance and time zones on services trade

Christen, Elisabeth - 2012

Using distance and time zone differences as a measure for coordination costs between service suppliers and consumers, we employ a Hausman- Taylor model for services trade by foreign affiliates. Given the need for proximity in the provision of services, factors like distance place a higher cost...

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Internationalisierung der Dienstleistungserstellung: Konsequenzen für den schweizerischen Arbeitsmarkt

Henneberger, Fred; Ziegler, Alexandre - 2001

Dieser Beitrag untersucht die potentiellen Beschäftigungseffekte von Direktinvestitionen der Unternehmen des Dienstleistungssektors für die Schweiz. In einer theoretischen Perspektive werden zunächst die Konsequenzen der Besonderheiten von Dienstleistungsgütern gegenüber Industriegütern...

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Local User-Producer Interaction in Innovation and Export Performance of Firms

Rammer, Christian; Beise, Marian - 2003

There is ample evidence that user-producer interaction is an important factor for successful innovations. It is often claimed that user-producer interaction is most effcient in close proximity. On the other hand, innovations are a major determinant for the export performance of firms. Does this...

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ICT, Innovation and Business Performance in Services: Evidence for Germany and the Netherlands

van der Wiel, Henry; van Leeuwen, George; Hempell, Thomas - 2004

Using panel data for German and Dutch firms from the services sector, this paper analyses the importance of ICT capital deepening and innovation for productivity. We employ a model that takes into account that innovation and ICT use may be complementary. The results show that the contribution of...

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Stepping In and Out of the International Market: Internationalisation of Technology-Oriented Firms in Germany and the UK

Fryges, Helmut - 2004

For small high-tech firms international orientation is regarded as crucial for growth and long-term survival. Even newly founded technology based firms (NTBFs) are often internationally active shortly after their inception (?born globals?). However, in order to create jobs and have a sustainable...

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