Innovation in the Service Economy

The New Wealth of Nations

• Author(s): Faïz Gallouj,
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Pages: 226
• ISBN_10: 1843765373
  ISBN_13: 9781843765370
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / International / Economics , Business & Economics / Management ,

Description:... Whilst contemporary economies are innovative, they are also predominantly service economies in so much as services are the main source of wealth and employment. However, there is still considerable unwillingness to consider innovation in terms of services, a paradox rooted in an obsolete conception which regards manufacturing as the only engine of growth.