Innovation Systems in the Service Economy: Measurement and Case Study Analysis

J.S. Metcalfe

ISBN 10: 0792377303 / ISBN 13: 9780792377306

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Innovation Systems in the Service Economy: Measurement and Case Study Analysis
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792377303
• ISBN 13: 9780792377306
• Binding: Couverture rigide
• Condition: Neuf

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Synopsis

A frequent complaint in literature is that services have been previously largely overlooked by innovation researchers and technology policy makers. Given the unarguable growth in the importance of the service sectors, increasing numbers of researchers and policy makers have taken a fresh look at service activities.
Innovation Systems in the Service Economy: Measurement and Case Study Analysis presents contributions which increase the understanding of the role of services in the development of the division of labor in modern economics. This volume is devoted to the elaboration and understanding of the following two themes. First, service firms can be innovative in their own right, even though the process of innovation and the kinds of innovation may be different from those traditionally associated with manufacturing and other primary activities. Second, service firms and associated activities play an important role in the evolving division of creative labor which is constituted by modern innovative systems.