Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/24400 
Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 00-52
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
During the last 20 years, R&D and innovation activities in the service sector have clearly increased. Especially business services are believed to be one of the main drivers of technical changes and economic progress. Looking at the labour indices calculated over the period from 1982 to 1996 one notices a remarkable increase of over 70 percent for the business services. About 8 percent of total employment in West Germany is in business services. In particular, by taking advantage of information and communication technologies, knowledge-intensive business service firms increasingly play the role of "converters" of technological information within the economy. They are providers, purchasers or partners in the context of innovation. A sound innovation capacity, especially knowledge, creativity, market and management skills let them become bridges for innovation.
Subjects: 
Business Services
R&D
Innovation
Technical Change
ICT
Knowledge Flows
JEL: 
C20
O30
L80
L11
D21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
213.43 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.