Thursday, June 07, 2012
SERVICE GAP
The SERVICEGAP project aims to
"consider the academic and policy concerns that arise from the increasing importance of the market service sector. It will consider developments in productivity and its drivers within market services, linkages between services and manufacturing industries, innovation in delivery and the increasing internationalisation of services. The overall objective of this research is to produce a comprehensive study on the impact of market services on aggregate economic growth in the EU and its comparative performance relative to competitor regions, especially the US."
There are many papers available on its site, much about business services, and also on service occupations across the economy. Not yet established whether the critique of service productivity measurement is taken on board, though.
For example:
Discussion Papers
"consider the academic and policy concerns that arise from the increasing importance of the market service sector. It will consider developments in productivity and its drivers within market services, linkages between services and manufacturing industries, innovation in delivery and the increasing internationalisation of services. The overall objective of this research is to produce a comprehensive study on the impact of market services on aggregate economic growth in the EU and its comparative performance relative to competitor regions, especially the US."
There are many papers available on its site, much about business services, and also on service occupations across the economy. Not yet established whether the critique of service productivity measurement is taken on board, though.
For example:
Review papers
Deliverable | Title | Authors |
1.1 | RP6: Service Sector Performance: An introduction to the SERVICEGAP project | Mary O'Mahony |
1.2 | RP5: Internationalisation of Services, Productivity and Economic Growth: Literature Review | Holger Görg (Kiel), Stefanie Haller (ESRI) and Iulia Siedschlag (ESRI) |
1.2 | RP4: Regulation and Economic Performance: Literature Review | Ana Rincon-Aznar, Nikolaus Graf, Iain Paterson, Wolfgang Schwarzbauer, Richard Sellner, Stan Siebert and Canan Yildirim |
1.2 | RP3: The Role of Information Technology For Service Sector Performance | Irene Bertschek, Benjamin Engelstätter, Krzysztof Szczygielski |
1.2 | RP2: Intangible Capital and Productivity Growth: A Literature Review with a Special Focus on the Service Industry | Felix Roth, Anna Thum and Mary O'Mahony |
1.2 | RP1: Linkages between Services and Manufacturing in EU countries | Martin Falk and Elena Jarocinska |
Policy Briefs
Policy Brief 1: EARLY HARVEST OF SERVICEGAP - The Impact of Service Sector Innovation and Internationalisation on Growth and Productivity
Introduction
There are lingering doubts about the dynamic features of market services in the EU. Whereas in manufacturing, European integration has stimulated cross-border activities, in market services such activities ('internationalisation') have remained far smaller in value. Moreover, in market services the extent of innovation and productivity growth are often regarded as worryingly low.
EARLY HARVEST OF SERVICEGAP - The Impact of Service Sector Innovation and Internationalisation on Growth and Productivity
Policy Brief 2: The Impact of Service Sector Innovation and Internationalisation on Growth and Productivity
Introduction
The interaction between manufacturing and services has become more pronounced in recent decades. On the output side, manufacturing firms are increasingly offering services in combination with their products while on the input side firms purchase more and more services both from domestic sources and from abroad. Furthermore, there has been a strong increase in the share of service occupations in the manufacturing sector, showing a widespread shift in the production process towards service functions.
The Impact of Service Sector Innovation and Internationalisation on Growth and Productivity
Policy Brief 1: EARLY HARVEST OF SERVICEGAP - The Impact of Service Sector Innovation and Internationalisation on Growth and Productivity
Introduction
There are lingering doubts about the dynamic features of market services in the EU. Whereas in manufacturing, European integration has stimulated cross-border activities, in market services such activities ('internationalisation') have remained far smaller in value. Moreover, in market services the extent of innovation and productivity growth are often regarded as worryingly low.
EARLY HARVEST OF SERVICEGAP - The Impact of Service Sector Innovation and Internationalisation on Growth and ProductivityPolicy Brief 2: The Impact of Service Sector Innovation and Internationalisation on Growth and Productivity
Introduction
The interaction between manufacturing and services has become more pronounced in recent decades. On the output side, manufacturing firms are increasingly offering services in combination with their products while on the input side firms purchase more and more services both from domestic sources and from abroad. Furthermore, there has been a strong increase in the share of service occupations in the manufacturing sector, showing a widespread shift in the production process towards service functions.
The Impact of Service Sector Innovation and Internationalisation on Growth and Productivity
Discussion Papers
