This paper serves as another complementary link in a chain of a rather limited number of investigations in the R&D-innovation-productivity … relationship within service industries. Innovation has been found to be a major contributor to productivity growth in manufacturing … evidence that the reported weak rate of productivity growth in knowledge intensive services can be explained by a low …

increase of GDP and an equilibrium of the balance of payment. The model of innovation and investment pulled growth illustrated … greater innovation; this latter is the factor leading to an increase of the propensity to invest by the firms and then the …. The paper clarifies the specific characteristics of the domestic goods and services, such as those of: housing, mobility …

Using a stochastic frontier model and a comprehensive dataset, we study factors that affect corporate efficiency in … efficiency, and (iii) high competition is less conductive to efficiency than moderate or low competition. In terms of ownership …, we find that (iv) efficiency increases when a majority owner must deal with minority shareholders and that (v) domestic …

situation using the globalization ratios (foreign direct investment and trade in services), by means of the input-output tables … productive systems from the point of view of globalization of services provision but also to appreciate whether there are any …It is commonly known that the provision of services is currently carried out at a global level. Tertiary activities not …

Countries (CEECs) by elucidating the issues such as; the connection between competitiveness and industrial policy, innovation … technological development. The third step was an assessment of CEECs innovation and R&D policies, and their linkages with …

attributed to the flows of new knowledge, innovation and investment, as factors which affect both the aggregate supply and the …

indicate that there is no convergence trend towards a single service economy model. Moreover, different service economies …

been simultaneously assessed that services display lower productivity levels and growth rates than other economic … period between 1980 and 2007. The results partially refute traditional knowledge on the productivity of services. Contrary to …The relationship between economic structure and productivity growth has been a subject of increasing interest over …

particular between the 'old' and 'new' member states. The study demonstrates that productivity growth in services was … services, which, on the whole, were the main driving force behind the productivity growth in services. …Economic development has resulted in structural transformation towards economies based on services, which has raised …

indicate that there is no convergence trend towards a single service economy model. Moreover, different service economies … plays a prominent role, while heterogeneity is driven by uneven knowledge bases and innovative efforts. -- services ; social … models ; innovation ; knowledge ; Europe …