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What affects the main engine of growth in the European economy? Industrial interconnectedness and differences in performance of business services across the EU25
Sobolewski, Maciej; Poniatowski, Grzegorz - 2013
The main purpose of this study is to determine what are the main factors which stand behind the diversity in performance of business services measured by their contribution to growth in the EU Member States. We show that in addition to typical growth factors which enhance labour productivity,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430896
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Network Measures in Civil Air Transport: A Case Study of Lufthansa
Reggiani, Aura; Signoretti, Sara; Nijkamp, Peter; … - 2009
concentration – for the empirical analysis of airline network configurations. The results highlight the actual strategic choices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325797
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Servitization as a Productive Strategy of a Firm – Evidence from the Forest-Based Industries
Viitamo, Esa - 2013
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 services. In this paper, servitization is addressed broadly as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037634
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Did the entry of low cost companies foster the growth of strategic alliances in the airline industry?
Mantovani, Andra; Tarola, Ornella - 2006
In this paper we adopt a vertical differentiation model to study the effect of deregulation in the airline industry. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011651468
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Low cost carrier growth in the US airline industry: Past, present, and future
Ito, Harumi; Lee, Darin - 2003
This paper documents the growth of low cost carriers (LCCs) in the U.S. airline industry since 1990. By estimating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318882
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Economic Importance of Air Transport and Airport Activities in Belgium – Report 2009
Deville, Xavier; Vennix, Saskia - 2011
This study assesses the economic importance of air transport and airport activities in Belgium in terms of employment, value added and investment over the period 2007 - 2009. The sector considered embraces not only the activities directly connected with air transport, but also all the activities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506738
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Economic importance of air transport and airport activities in Belgium – Report 2012
Van Nieuwenhove, Frank - 2014
This study assesses the economic importance of air transport and airport activities in Belgium in terms of value added, employment and investment over the 2009-2012 period 1 . The sector considered embraces not only the activities directly connected with air transport, but also all the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506793
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Business services outsourcing and economic growth: Evidence from a dynamic panel data approach
Dettmer, Bianka - 2012
Innovations in information- and telecommunication technology render the proximity requirement between business partners obsolete and make business service outsourcing via cross-border trade more feasible. Although the (service-led) growth prospects have been widely discussed, evidence at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291838
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Innovation and exports of German business services enterprises: First evidence from a new type of firm data
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
This paper contributes to the literature by providing the first evidence on the link between innovation activities (measured by the share of engineers and scientists in the workforce) and exports of German business services firms based on a large representative longitudinal sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294458
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The impact of R&D activities on exports of German business services enterprises: First evidence from a continuous treatment approach
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
This study uses newly available representative data from German business services firms and a continuous treatment approach based on the generalized propensity score to test for a causal effect of R&D activities (measured by the share of engineers and natural scientists in all employees) on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294481