This paper examines the central role of knowledge transfer and network relationships in the context of services …

system. Thanks to the use of services, de-materialization aims to make mass production processes evolve, in order to make …

cyclical dynamic. Countries with high intensity in knowledge-intensive services are relatively less hit by the recession. At … service industry, instead, increase in innovation is explained by innovation in services along with new marketing practices …

Although advanced economies are increasingly dominated by services, relatively little is known about whether and how … services innovate. Instead, our understanding of innovation and innovation processes has been very largely derived from studies … of manufacturing, and the production of technologically advanced artefacts. As services do not generally produce …