We specify an empirical model of US inflation which has the dynamics of wage and price setting at its core. In the dynamic wage equation an equilibrium-correction term connects the wage level to industrial prosperity indicators. In that way, the role of wage setting in the dynamics of the...

Ziel dieser Studie ist die empirisch fundierte Untersuchung der tageszeitlichen Nachfrage nach Serviceleistungen, also der Nachfrage nach Produkten und vertieft nach Dienstleistungen. Zu diesem Zweck greifen wir auf die mehr als 37.000 Zeittagebücher der nationalen Zeitbudgeterhebung 2001/2002...

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...

Services are characterised by the integration of customers while the service is produced. This integration leads to interruptions in the processing of a customer order until the customer provides the missing input. Since customer behaviour can be planned to a certain extent only challenges in...

A central aspect of the industrial evolution in the advanced economies is the phenomenon called servitization. In general, the term servitization or product-service transition is used to highlight the change, where the tangible offering of a manufacturing firm is augmented with intangible...

Um von dem Wachstum des Logistikdienstleistungsmarktes zu profitieren, sich vom harten Preiswettkampf zu lösen und Kunden nachhaltig an sich zu binden, müssen insbesondere die Anbieter komplexer, kundenindividueller Kontraktlogistikleistungen ihre Fähigkeit steigern, neue Servicekonzepte...