The majority of service providers have recognized the need to develop innovative services that meet sophisticated … customer needs on time. Because of structural changes in the market, rising costs and shorter lifecycles of services and … products rather than services. However, research in service related innovation activities is highly rewarding, as the service …

innovation behavior between the manufacturing and services sectors, for example, with respect to information sources and … entrepreneurship. The results of this paper reveal the importance of service innovation not only for the services sector but also for …

This paper analyses the role of services in international trade through the lens of global value chains (GVCs …). Services account for more than 70% of world GDP but only for around 20% of world trade in balance of payments terms. In value … added terms, accounting for services embodied in exported goods, services account for 40% of world trade. However, the …