's post-industrial economies; innovation as it relates to services …pt. I. Services and innovation : conceptual and analytical frameworks -- pt. II. The nature of innovation in services … : sectoral analyses and case studies -- pt. III. Organisational and strategic patterns for service innovation -- pt. IV …

We study the implications of services trade for firm innovation. Using a quasi-experimental shift-share design, we find …’ innovation efficiency by mitigating decreasing economies of scale in in-house innovation efforts. As a result, firms become more … likely to outsource innovation efforts as they become more innovative, whereas the prevalence of offshoring depends on its …