We use unique plant-level data to study the link between the local availability of services and the decision of … international sourcing of materials depends on a firm's productivity and the availability of local services. These predictions are … materials to sales. In addition, we find evidence that services grease the wheels of international commerce: A greater …

communication had a positive but insignificant impact on firms' labour productivity. On the basis of these observations we make a …

emerging service economies like India. Not as much attention has been paid to the role that services can play in the economic … structural adjustments and globalization, some African countries have become service-based economies. Services are considered as …

. However, the positive and significant impact of R&D expenditures on employment is detectable in services and high …

This study proposes new family-centered measures of access to early care and education (ECE) services with respect to …

entries into small-scale industries, like knowledge intensive services, are mostly influenced by changes in the cyclical …

We use unique plant-level data to study the link between the local availability of services and the decision of … international sourcing of materials depends on a firm’s productivity and the availability of local services. These predictions are … materials to sales. In addition, we find evidence that services grease the wheels of international commerce: A greater …