Business Services in European Economic Growth

The business services sector contributes heavily to European economic growth. Yet links between business services, and their role in economic growth remain under-explored. This volume provides a comprehensive approach from an applied economics perspective, covering with clear focus all the major mechanisms through which this contribution operates.

'This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the current growth process. Well written, based on careful research and defensible reasoning, it should be required reading for anyone who wishes to understand the intricacies of the growth process.' - William J. Baumol

Autorentext
PAUL BAKER Director, Baker Research & Consulting, Brussels, and Associate Consultant at ECORYS Nederland, Rotterdam JOHN R. BRYSON Professor of Enterprises and Economic Geography, University of Birmingham, and Vice-President of the European Association for Research on Services (RESER) JOSE A. CAMACHO Professor of Applied Economics, University of Granada and Secretary of the Regional Development Institute FRANCESCO CRESPI Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Rome PETER W.DANIELS Professor of Geography and Dean of Physical Sciences and Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK WERNER HOLZL Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO), Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration JEREMY HOWELLS Professor and Executive Director of Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, University of Manchester Business School GEORGE VAN LEEUWEN Researcher, Statistics, Netherlands AIJA LEIPONEN Assistant Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, New York ARJAN LEJOUR Programme Manager European Analysis, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis IAN MILES Professor of Technological Innovation and Social Change, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, University of Manchester Business School DIRK PILAT Head of OECD Science and Technology Policy Division ANDREAS REINSTALLER Researcher, Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO), Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration MERCEDES RODRIGUEZ Assistant Professor of Applied Economics, University of Granada BRUCE S. TETHER Professor at Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, University of Manchester Business School ELVIRA AYARRA Researcher, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, University of Manchester Business School DESIREE VAN WELSUM OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry HENRY VAN DER WIEL Senior Economist, Programme Manager with CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis PAUL WINDRUM Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, visiting Professor at the Max Planck Institute of Economics, Germany.

Inhalt
Foreword; W.J. Baumol Introduction; H.Kox& L.Rubalcaba PART I: BUSINESS SERVICES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH The Growth of European Business Services; L.Rubalcaba& H.Kox Business Services and their Users; I.Miles Productivity in Business Services; D.Pilat The Contribution of Business Services to Economic Growth; H.Kox& L.Rubalcaba PART II: GROWTH AND INNOVATION SPILL-OVER FROM BUSINESS SERVICES The Impact of Business Services use on Client Industries: Evidence from Input-Output Data; P.Baker IT Services and Productivity in European Industries; F.Crespi Integration and Diffusion of KIS for Industry Performance; J.A.Camacho& M.Rodríguez Innovation in Business Services: from Technological Adoption to Multiple Complementary, Concurrent Changes; J.Howells, B.S.Tether& E.Uyarra The Impact of Contractual Arrangements on Innovation in Knowledge-Intensive Business Services; A.Leiponen Organisational Innovation, Information Technology and Outsourcing to Business Services; W.Hölzl, A.Reinstaller& P.Windrum PART III: MARKET CHARACTERISTICS IN BUSINESS SERVICES Market Structure, Productivity and Scale in European Business Services; H.Kox, G.van Leeuwen& H.van der Wiel Globalisation and Global Sourcing in Business Services; L.Rubalcaba& D.van Welsum The European Internal Market for Business Services: No Open Borders Yet; H.Kox& A.Lejour A Segmentation Approach to Understanding Business and Professional Services in City-Regions: Shifting the Horizon Beyond Global Cities; J.R.Bryson& P.W.Daniels Policy Implications; H.Kox& L.Rubalcaba