TY  - BOOK
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Enhancing the performance of the services sector
SN  - 9789264010307
AV  - HD9980.5 .E54 2005
U1  - 338.47009177 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Paris, France
PB  - OECD
KW  - Service industries
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Papers presented at an OECD workshop held in Feb. 2005; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction and synthesis / Dirk Pilat -- The; service economy in OECD countries; / by Anita Wolfl -- The; impact of structural policies on trade-related adjustments and the shift to services; / by Per Mathis Kongsrud and Isabelle Wanner -- The; economy-wide effects of services trade barriers in the selected developing countries; / by Philippa Dee -- The; impact of services barriers on effective rates of protection in agriculture and manufacturing; / by Nora Dihel --; Promoting innovation in services; / by Shuji Tamura, ... [et al.] --; Potential off-shoring of ICT-intensive occupations; / by Desiree van Welsum and Graham Vickery --; ICT use in services and the growth of digital content services; / by Graham Vickery and Sacha Wunsch-Vincent --; Case studies of successful companies and lessons for public policy; / by Deniz Erocal; Access to online version may be restricted
N2  - The services sector now accounts for over 70% of employment and value added in OECD economies. It also accounts for almost all employment growth in the OECD area. But despite its growing weight in OECD economies, productivity growth and employment rates in services remain low in many OECD countries. This report provides an overview of the role of services in economic performance, and the factors that affect services sector performance. This includes the role of labor and product markets, the impact of barriers to trade in services, the role of innovation in services and the impacts of information and communications technology (ICT) on the services sector. The report also includes a paper presenting case studies of successful services firms, which help illustrate the broader analysis from OECD data.--Publisher's description. OECD countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
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