The relevance of innovation as an engine of economic growth has never been denied, but the main emphasis has typically been placed on the manufacturing sector. A key step in this direction is the carrying out of innovation surveys that include the tertiary sector. Along these lines, the aim of...

The complexity of economies nowadays necessitates qualified workers more than ever. Given the great share of services in production and employment, the educational attainment of the people employed in this sector has a special impact on growth. Following this reasoning, the aim of this paper is...

Service outsourcing is a well-known process that has been occurring since the early years of the 20th century and should be conceptualised as a standard procurement event. The distinction between service outsourcing and service offshoring is perhaps misleading as it confuses geography with the...

<b>RESUMEN</b><br> <br> En este trabajo se lleva a cabo una indagación sobre los principales factores explicativos del consumo familiar de servicios en España y en sus Comunidades Autónomas en la década de los noventa, planteándose dos objetivos primordiales. Primero, detectar qué factores explicativos...

There is a rich debate in the innovation literature about to what extent innovation has become an international (or globalised) phenomenon, or, on the contrary, it maintains its local/regional character. As Koschatzky (2001) notes, given the fact that knowledge is commonly tied to personal...

The recent increase in business services in terms of both value added and employment has had a positive effect on regional economies, helping them to create a comparative advantage and contributing to the general development of regional productive systems. This heterogeneous set of activities is...

Con este documento de trabajo se pretende aportar un elemento adicional en el análisis del sector servicios, desde una doble perspectiva, metodológicay de evidencia empírica. En el amplio espectro de las investigaciones sobre las actividades terciarias, que han tenido lugar en las últimas...

Con este documento de trabajo se pretende aportar un elemento adicional en el análisis del sector servicios, desde una doble perspectiva, metodológicay de evidencia empírica. En el amplio espectro de las investigaciones sobre las actividades terciarias, que han tenido lugar en las últimas...