Industrial Economics and International Management
The impact of service sector innovation and internationalisation on growth and productivity (SERVICEGAP)
The primary objective of this research project is to produce a comprehensive study on the impact of market services on aggregate economic growth in the EU and its comparative performance relative to competitor regions, especially the US. The research is divided into three areas: productivity and its drivers in service industries, firm strategies in the knowledge-based economy, and internationalisation of service markets and growth.
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Duration: 01.03.2010 - 28.02.2013
- Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Wien, AT
- Center for Information and Research on the World Economy (CIREM), Paris, FR
- Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Warschau, PL
- Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII), Paris, FR
- Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brüssel, BE
- Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin, IE
- Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Wien, AT
- Institute for Economic Research (IER), Ljubljana, SI
- Institute for World Economics (IfW), Kiel, DE
- National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), London, UK
- The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), Helsinki, FI
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK (Coordinator of the Project)
Bertschek, Irene and Daniel Erdsiek (2011), IT Outsourcing - A Source of Innovation? - Microeconometric Evidence for Germany, SERVICEGAP DP 16.
Niebel, Thomas and Marianne Saam (2011), Productivity of ICT and Non-ICT Capital – The Role of Rates of Return and Capital Prices, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-083, Mannheim. Download
Bertschek, Irene, Benjamin Engelstätter and Krzysztof Szczygielski (2010), The Role of Information Technology for Service Sector Performance, SERVICEGAP Review Paper 3. Download
