Introduction -- Part I. Towards a theory of innovation in services -- Part II. The nature of innovation in services : sectoral dynamics -- Part III. Measuring innovation in services and its impacts -- Part IV. Organizational and strategic patterns for service innovation -- Part V. Knowledge...

Interventions designed to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are popular among policy makers, given the role SMEs play in job creation around the world. Business support interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are often based on the assumption that market failures and...

We present evidence that the negative effect of the China shock on US manufacturing employment is lower for industries that use services inputs more intensively. Different potential mechanisms for this finding are analyzed. This reveals significant heterogeneity across different types of...