Market-oriented reforms launched at the beginning of the 1990s have had a profound impact on the restructuring of the service sector in transition economies. Reforms have introduced complex regulatory changes that substantially diminished the barriers to competition in services, thereby...

This paper complements a large body of literature on structural change and underlying factors for the expansion of services. The main aim is to explore the determinants of the employment growth in the enlarged European Union from the perspective of various service groups, public, private and...

The general attitude on the potential for e-commerce in services trade is rather enthusiastic and emphasises extraordinary opportunities for its expansion. The Internet extends the scope of services, which are tradable and transforms local services into internationally tradable ones. This...

In the period 1995--2005 the convergence of employment shares of the Central and East European Countries (CEECs) to the EU15 average was faster in private than in public services. This reflects the different starting positions of both groups of services and particularly the relative...

Service industries are the most intensive users of information-communication technology (ICT) and some developed countries have already displayed noticeable productivity gains due to ICT use in services. The pattern of intensive use of ICT in services tends to be replicated in transition...

Transition brought about deep structural changes to Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) and increased differences in regional development. The patterns of regional variation in services development in these countries are poorly explored. This article aims to narrow the gap in knowledge...

The employment in public and private services in Emerging Market Economies (EME) has undergone disparate patterns of change during the transition. The paper reveals the main determinants of employment growth in different service groups in the period 1995-2008. Standard variables (per capita...

Service activities are now acknowledged as key players in economic development, societal change and public policy worldwide. This exciting Handbook not only contributes to ongoing conceptual debates about the nature of service-led economies and societies; it also pushes back the frontiers of...

This book is devoted to the study of public–private innovation networks in services (ServPPINs). These are a new type of innovation network which have rapidly developed in service economies. ServPPINs are collaborations between public and private service organisations, their objective...

The need for innovation, coupled with the pervading role of services in advanced economies, requires a broader understanding of innovation that better captures the multi-dimensional role of services in innovation. In this paper, we consider ‘service innovation’ as any innovation...