In this paper we analyse the interplay between services and manufacturing. This is done through identifying and … interplay between manufacturing exports and services. Our results show that a 1% increase in exports increases the volume of …

Working with a mix of panel data on goods and services trade for the OECD for 1994-2004, combined with social accounts … services as inputs in manufacturing, with a particular focus on indirect exports of services through merchandise exports, and … cross-section, we also develop a set of stylized facts linking services to level of development and the density of …

separately. The results showed a diametrically opposing impact of productivity and profitability on the takeover likelihood. This …

estimates for an extended production function framework reveal significant productivity effects of ICT in the German service … productivity differentials between firms. …

In order to assess the productivity effects of information and communication technologies (ICT), regressions based on …?GMM estimator yields evidence for significant productivity effects of ICT which are substantially smaller though than those …

sector. In light of the Republic of Korea's high income and development level, the poor performance of modern services is of …

, somewhat surprisingly in light of the difficulty of achieving productivity gains in services, we also find that services labor … productivity grew at a healthy pace in much of the region. Overall our analysis provides substantial cause for optimism about the …

positive knowledge spillovers, but the effects of intra-industry trade are ambiguous. With regard to sectoral import … penetration, we find that potential positive spillovers are dominated by negative competition effects. This, however, masks the …

In this paper, I have examined whether exporters benefit by exporting more, and also whether the productivity benefits … productivity gains. …

researchers report mixed results on spillovers. To examine the phenomenon in a systematic way, we collected 3,626 estimates from … 57 empirical studies on between-sector spillovers and reviewed the literature quantitatively. Our results indicate that … insignificant. Greater spillovers are generated by investors that come from distant countries and that have only slight …