Innovation in the U.S. Service Sector

Innovation in the U.S. Service Sector

By Michael P Gallaher, Albert N Link, and Jeffrey E Petrusa

Using a cutting-edge structure, where a current description of the service sector and up-to-date case studies are compared and contrasted with innovative activity in manufacturing, this book contributes towards a better theoretical understanding of innovation in the U.S. service sector.

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Publisher: Routledge
Publish Date: 02/28/2016
Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781138972780
ISBN-10: 1138972789
Language: English

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Using a cutting-edge structure, where a current description of the service sector and up-to-date case studies are compared and contrasted with innovative activity in manufacturing, this book contributes towards a better theoretical understanding of innovation in the U.S. service sector.

The U.S. service sector is the largest sector in the U.S. economy and accounts for an increasingly significant share of U.S. gross domestic product, currently 68 percent. Both in the United States, as well as in other industrialized nations, the service sector is a dynamic component of economic activity and growth. As pervasive and economically important as the service sector is, innovative activity in service-sector firms remains somewhat of an enigma; it is not well understood and not well defined because it differs dramatically from the traditional model of innovation in manufacturing. Innovation in the U.S. Service Sector fills this void, placing emphasis on the United States, but with global relevance.

It is essential reading for all students of business and management, economics and political science.

About the Author

Albert N. Link is Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His research focuses on innovation policy, academic entrepreneurship, and the economics of R&D. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Technology Transfer. Professor Link is serving as the vice-chairperson of the Innovation and Competitiveness Policies Committee of the United Nation's Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). <

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