Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/244458 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 3/2010
Publisher: 
Örebro University School of Business, Örebro
Abstract: 
The manufacturing industry in industrialised countries is often argued to servicify - use and sell more services - but knowledge is poor. We examine the phenomenon using detailed and com-prehensive micro level data at both the firm and enterprise group level for Sweden (1997-2006). We find that manufacturing is servicifying substantially. Services and qualified services are increasingly characterising in-house activity in manufacturing. The results imply that treat-ing services and manufacturing separately - for instance in trade policy negotiations - may be inappropriate in industrialised countries. Finally, the findings illustrate the value of enterprise group level data when studying structural economic changes.
Subjects: 
servicification
manufacturing
deindustrialisation
enterprise group level data
firm data
outsourcing
offshoring
JEL: 
F14
L16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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