Productivity, innovation, and knowledge in services: new economic and socio-economic approaches

Written by some of the most distinguished authors in the field, this book elucidates the critical and complex relationships between services, production and innovation. The authors discuss the limitations of current theories to explain service productivity and innovation, and call for a conceptual r...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass Edward Elgar 2002
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Summary:Written by some of the most distinguished authors in the field, this book elucidates the critical and complex relationships between services, production and innovation. The authors discuss the limitations of current theories to explain service productivity and innovation, and call for a conceptual re-working of the ways in which these are measured. They also highlight the important role of knowledge in the production system and in doing so make an important contribution to a key debate which has emerged in the social sciences in recent years
pt. 1. Productivity and performances in services -- pt. 2. Innovation in services and through services
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 307 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781781950203