This article attempts to clarify certain misunderstandings about productive/unproductive labour (PUPL) concerning the "service economy." The concept of service labour is embedded in the discussion of PUPL. After examining Smith's and Marx's definitions of "service" and "service labour," we...

Zusammenfassung Dieser Beitrag stellt einen neuen Ansatz zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung von Softwarelösungen zur Digitalisierung von ausführenden Gewerken der Baubranche unter Berücksichtigung von ökonomischen Aspekten vor. Jene ausführenden Gewerke der Baubranche leiden unter dem hohen...

Purpose This study aims to assess the current state of service research in Africa, with the goal of identifying key areas for improvement. By examining both existing and emerging studies conducted by African researchers and those focused on Africa, the study seeks to advance research efforts...

The service industries of China have grown continuously with the development of the Chinese economy as a whole since the adoption of the reform and opening up policies of 1978. The share of service industries of the GDP increased by more than double, from 24.6 percent in 1978 to 52.2 percent in...

The Korean economy has shown a rapid shift to the service economy since the 1990s. The share of service industries in the GDP increased from 51.5 percent in 1990 to 58.2 percent in 2012, while that of manufacturing industries increased from 26.6 percent to 31.1 percent during the same period....

Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. The Service Economy 2. Management and Marketing Challenges in the Service Economy 3. Management Implications for Service Supply and Demand 4. Understanding Service Quality 5. Customer Centricity in Practice 6. Translating Service Vision to Action 7. Managing...

1. Why the Dynamic Evolution of China’s Comparative Advantages Must Be Accelerated -- 2. Resource Constraints in the Dynamic Evolution of China’s Comparative Advantages -- 3. Factor Substitution, Technological Progress, and the Dynamic Evolution of Chinese Manufacturing’s Comparative...

Die Sharing Economy und Online-Plattformen nehmen zu und verändern unser tägliches Leben. Immer mehr Produkte und Dienstleistungen sind über Peer-to-Peer-Plattformen (P2P) online buchbar. Es ist daher unerlässlich zu verstehen, wie technologiegestützte, vertrauensbildende Maßnahmen (VBM)...

It is believed that jobs in the service sector generally require more brain-related rather than labor-related skills compared to those in the industrial sector, thus females should have a comparative advantage in the service sector. Using the data from the 2017 China Household Finance Survey, we...

It is believed that jobs in the service sector generally require more brain-related rather than labor-related skills compared to those in the industrial sector, thus females should have a comparative advantage in the service sector. Using the data from the 2017 China Household Finance Survey, we...

The rise of the sharing economy has had transformative impacts on extant service delivery models, with wide ranging implications for existing firms, regulators, and the workforce at large. This paper draws upon firm-level data to better understand how new forms of service delivery have...

I examine whether local bank finance facilitated the transition to a service-based economy in the U.S. I identify a causal role for local finance in service job creation. I use county-level changes to alcohol laws as demand shocks to service employers across a subsample of U.S. counties....

The main purpose of this article is to analyze the capacity of Brazilian economy sectors to transfer their productivity gains over the productive chain from 2000 to 2009. Therefore, it has been used structural decomposition technique and a methodology that deals with the variation of labor...

The main purpose of this article is to analyze the capacity of Brazilian economy sectors to transfer their productivity gains over the productive chain from 2000 to 2009. Therefore, it has been used structural decomposition technique and a methodology that deals with the variation of labor...

Irgendwann wird die Corona-Pandemie überwunden sein und nichts mehr so, wie es vorher war. Welche ökonomischen Entwicklungen sind zu erwarten? Der Autor, profunder Konjunktur- und Branchenanalyst, macht 7 Makrotrends aus, die er hier auf Dienstleistungsökonomie, Globalisierung,...

The state of São Paulo at mid 20th century -- Industry 1950-2020 in the capital and metropolitan region -- São Paulo agriculture -- The growth of a service and trade economy -- Demographic change in São Paulo since 1950 -- Societal changes : household, families, women & work -- Societal...

Moderne Dienstleistungsgesellschaften sind wenig produktiv. Das sagen nationale und internationale Gremien immer wieder. Dabei ist die Feststellung ein Rätsel: Wie kann es sein, dass immer mehr in Produktionsmittel investiert wird – Stichwort Digitalisierung – und die Wirtschaft dabei immer...

In this paper we present a critical analysis of industrial location policy of the state of Bahia, in the period covered in between 1960s and 2000s, from the perspective of spatial economy. The paper reviews the formulation of the theory of location, through the contributions of its principal...

In this paper we present a critical analysis of industrial location policy of the state of Bahia, in the period covered in between 1960s and 2000s, from the perspective of spatial economy. The paper reviews the formulation of the theory of location, through the contributions of its principal...

In this paper, starting from the two-sector Uzawa-Lucas model, we study a three-sector endogenous growth model with leisure services. By extending the endogenous growth model with leisure developed by Ladrón-de Guevara et al. [1999], our model generalizes the standard time allocation problem,...

1. General Introduction The 13th Five-Year Plan: Economic Transformation and Structural Reform -- 2. Industrial Change as a Turning Point from Industry Orientation to Service Orientation -- 3. Urbanization as a Turning Point from Scale to Population -- 4. Consumption Pattern as a Turning Point...

Productivity has become, since the nineties, as one key factor in analyzing the international competitiveness. On other side, the measurement and analysis of the productivity within the service sector has been widely debated in the recent years. Following this motivation, this paper analyzes the...

Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS) are seen to be a core sector of the so-called ‘knowledge economy’, and already play an important role in developed economies. They a both innovate themselves and provide their clients with knowledge and learning opportunities. This paper examines...

The phrase "modern economy" reveals the appearance of activities more complex and more efficient in which the scientific and technological contribution is determined under terms of quantity and quality in the organization of economic life. From the perspective of expanding services, information...