are independent of firm size can be rejected for the services, as it has been for manufacturing, also in the case of Italy … remaining three business groups and for the industry as a whole. These mixed results concerning Gibrat's Law in the services are … consistent with the hypothesis that the dynamics of industrial organisation for services may not simply mirror that for …

the Austrian services sector. We apply a two-part model of firm survival (exit) and firm growth. Separate regressions for … elasticities. Falling trade costs in the Austrian services sector over the period 2000 to 2014 resulted in net job creation of …

the Austrian services sector. We apply a two-part model of firm survival (exit) and firm growth. Separate regressions for … elasticities. Falling trade costs in the Austrian services sector over the period 2000 to 2014 resulted in net job creation of …

The increasing role of services in GDP results from the growing share of service industries, but also from the fact … that firms produce services along with goods. This paper investigates the determinants of service provision by … firm's goods and services, and, on the supply side, rivalry in the allocation of expertise between the production of goods …

In developed economies, services form an increasing proportion of inputs employed by manufacturing firms. While … downstream firms act in a very competitive environment, services often operate in protected or highly regulated markets. In this … paper, I empirically investigate whether the degree of competition in services affects the efficiency of manufacturing firms …

Using panel data for German and Dutch firms from the services sector, this paper analyses the importance of ICT capital …