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Gallouj, Fai͏̈z (contributor) - 2015

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...

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Services and innovation

Gallouj, Fai͏̈z - 2015

Service innovation is a young but prolific research field, with a rapidly increasing number of publications being dedicated to the area. This title explores the most significant articles that helped build and develop this field from a theoretical, empirical and methodological perspective. In...

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Offshoring of Business Services and its Impact on the UK Economy

Abramovsky, Laura; Griffith, Rachel; Sako, Mari - 2009

This Briefing Note considers recent trends in specialisation, outsourcing and offshoring of business services. Specialisation within a firm happens when a firm organises an activity in a specialised unit, for example, when a firm moves payroll activities out of the back office of a factory, and...

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The impact of business support services for small and medium enterprises on firm performance in low- and middle-income countries : a meta-analysis

Cravo, Túlio; Piza, Caio - 2016

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The impact of business support services for small and medium enterprises on firm performance in low- and middle-income countries : a meta-analysis

Cravo, Túlio; Piza, Caio - 2016

often based on the assumption that market failures and institutional constraints impede the growth of SME growth … interventions despite the abundance of resources directed to SME business-support services. This paper systematically reviews and … summarizes 40 rigorous evaluations of SME-support services in LMICs and presents evidence to help inform policy debates. The …

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The Impact of Business Support Services for Small and Medium Enterprises on Firm Performance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries : A Meta-Analysis

Cravo, Tulio - 2017

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

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