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1 online resource (256 pages) |
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""Technology in Services""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION TO SERVICES INDUSTRIES POLICY ISSUES""; ""SERVICES AND THE DEINDUSTRIALIZATION DEBATE""; ""THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF SERVICES""; ""PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN SERVICES""; ""SERVICES TRADE""; ""KEY POLICY ISSUES AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE POLICY RESEARCH""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Technology in Services: Past Myths and Future Challenges""; ""DISPELLING PAST MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT SERVICES""; ""HOW TECHNOLOGY AFFECTS COMPETITIVE STRUCTURES""; ""SERVICES TECHNOLOGIES AND THE FUTURE"" |
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""Changed Employment Patterns""""Economic and Job Stability""; ""The Manufacturing-Services Interface""; ""Changing International Competitive Structures""; ""Deregulation and Services Innovation""; ""International Trade Implications""; ""WHITHER SERVICES?""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""NOTES""; ""References""; ""Growth of Services Employment in the United States""; ""EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IN SERVICES 1972�2000""; ""Occupational Employment Changes, Past and Prospective""; ""Educational Content of Jobs""; ""Blacks, Hispanics, and Women"" |
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""EXPLANATIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE SERVICES INDUSTRIES""""Factors in Growth of the Producer-Services Industries""; ""Growth of the Gross National Product (GNP)""; ""Final Demand Composition""; ""Differential Effects""; ""Business Practices""; ""The Unbundling Hypothesis""; ""BROAD OCCUPATIONAL TRENDS, 1977�1986""; ""More Detailed Analyses of the 1983�1986 Period""; ""Industrial Composition, 1983�1986""; ""Industry Staffing Patterns, 1983�1986""; ""Combining the Three Factors""; ""Impact on Producer-Services Industries""; ""Conclusions about Unbundling"" |
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""WHY DO BUSINESSES DEMAND MORE PRODUCER SERVICES?""""Economies of Scale in Information""; ""Specialized Corporate Services""; ""Government Regulations and Laws""; ""International Trade""; ""Resistance to Innovation""; ""Durability and Commonality""; ""WHY THE CONCERN ABOUT A SERVICES ECONOMY?""; ""Problems of Classification""; ""Services�A Prime Mover or a Dependent?""; ""SUMMARY""; ""NOTES""; ""References""; ""Role of Services in the U.S. Economy""; ""THE NATURE OF SERVICES""; ""THE USE OF SERVICES IN PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION"" |
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""THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MANUFACTURED GOODS IN THE PRODUCTION OF SERVICES""""THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVICES INPUTS FOR MANUFACTURING""; ""THE CAPTIVE PRODUCTION OF SERVICES BY BUSINESSES""; ""HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION AND PURCHASES OF SERVICES""; ""IMPLICATIONS OF THE ANALYSIS""; ""NOTES""; ""References""; ""Productivity in Services""; ""OUTPUT, INPUT, AND PRODUCTIVITY DEVELOPMENTS, 1948�1986""; ""Sector Comparisons""; ""Industry Differences""; ""Causal Factors behind Productivity Change""; ""POLICIES TO PROMOTE PRODUCTIVITY AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE""; ""Volume Factors"" |
| Notes |
""Promoting Technological Knowledge"" |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Service industries -- Technological innovations -- United States -- Congresses
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Industries.
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Industry
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Industries
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Service industries -- Technological innovations
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Guile, Bruce R
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Quinn, James B
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| ISBN |
9780309535182 |
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0309535182 |
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