Reviews recent developments in the measurement and publication of service sector statistics and considers where improvements are still neededThis article reviews recent developments in the measurement and publication of services sector statistics for the UK, taking into account the...

This paper describes the availability and quality of statistics to measure the performance and labour market characteristics of the UK service sector. In the present economic downturn, the need for detailed measures such as profitability, prices and productivity is of increasing importance. This...

SUMMARYThe Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) undertakes an annual analysis of regional exports of services. Coverage is limited to about 30 per cent of the value of the UK's exports of services and includes Communication, Computer and information and parts of Royalties and...

SummaryThe new Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2007) which is currently being implemented in the UK, and across Europe as NACE Rev21, has resulted in some major classification changes. Some key business surveys are now being collected and reported on the basis of the new SIC 2007...

Summary This article explores the crisis in leadership focusing on the period since the banking crisis. It is written from a practitioner perspective and includes a review of a survey of 16 global companies and their attitudes and perspectives on leadership development. The article also explores...

This study examines stock price reactions, for both U.S. and Canadian softwood-lumber producers, to a series of events culminating in the 1986 Memorandum of Understanding under which Canada agreed to impose a 15 percent export tariff on lumber shipped to the United States. The authors' results...