Service Industries and Regions : Growth, Location and Regional Effects

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Service Industries and Regions; Growth, Location and Regional Effects; Contents; Authors' Biographies; Chapter 1: Introduction: Objectives, Approach and Main Lessons Learned; 1 A Not Widely-Covered and Underestimated Sector; 2 Services, Regions and Cities; 3 Structure and Objectives of the Book; 4 Some Lessons Learned and Final Remarks; References; Part I: Service Industries: Growth Factors, Globalization and Innovation; Chapter 2: Towards Increasingly ``Tertiarised´´ Economies: Facts, Factors and Prospects; 1 Introduction; 2 The Shift of Service GVA and Employment

3 Why Do Services Grow? Factors Behind the Expansion of the Sector4 Driving Factors of Services Growth from the Demand Side; 4.1 The Increase in the Household Consumption of Services: Demographic and Social Changes; 4.2 Increase of Intermediate Consumption of Services by All Productive Activities; 4.3 International Trade of Services; 4.4 Demand for Services by Governments and Public Administrations; 5 Driving Factors from the Supply Side; 5.1 Low Productivity of Services as a Driving Factor

5.2 Services Delivered by the State and Other Administrative Levels as a Driver of the Weight of the Sector5.3 Other Factors Having an Impact on the Supply and the Expansion of Services; 6 Final Comments and Remarks: The Expansion Prospects of Services and Their Territorial Implications; References; Chapter 3: The Service Sector in the New Globalization Phase: Evidence from European Regions; 1 Introduction; 2 New Globalization Trends in the Service Sector; 2.1 Deindustrialization and the Rising of Service Economy; 2.2 Off-Shoring and Outsourcing of Service Functions

3 Economic Performance in the Service Sector: Global vs. Local Regions3.1 Measuring Globalization at Regional Level; 3.2 Employment, Productivity and GVA Dynamics: Manufacturing vs. Service Sectors; 3.3 Employment, Productivity and GVA Dynamics by Types of Services; 4 GDP Growth and Service Specialization in European Regions; 5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Patterns and Trends in Services Related Activities in OECD Regions; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Service Sector Has Been Gaining Importance in OECD Countries

1.2 Financial Intermediation and Business Services Have Gained Ground Years in Terms of GVA Growth1.3 Relative Prices and the Economic Structure Between Tradable and Non-tradable Sectors; 1.4 Productivity in the Service Sector has Increased but to a Lesser Degree than in Manufacturing; 2 The Geography of Service Sector Activities; 2.1 Regional Data by Sector Resembles Data Provided at the National Level; 2.2 Concentration in Services has Declined Among all OECD Regions but Increased Within Countries; 2.3 Service Activities are Heterogeneous Across OECD Regions

2.4 A Large Number of Regions are More Specialised in Public Administration and Social Services

10.1007/978-3-642-35801-2 [DOI]

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