Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Changed Employment PatternsEconomic 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
  • EXPLANATIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE SERVICES INDUSTRIESFactors 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
  • 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
  • THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MANUFACTURED GOODS IN THE PRODUCTION OF SERVICESTHE 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