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 …

suggest that exporting SMEs are a homogeneous group that do not reflect the classical dichotomy between products and services …

business services are believed to be one of the main drivers of technical changes and economic progress. Looking at the labour … services. About 8 percent of total employment in West Germany is in business services. In particular, by taking advantage of …

Though 'services' is a very broad concept and any generalisations should be made with caution, it is widely … acknowledged that services differ from goods in many respects. Analyses of key elements of market structure, conduct and … performance and the interface between these elements show us that competition in services markets is equally distinctive. We find …