Service Industries and Regions Growth, Location and Regional Effects
The service sector in most advanced economies accounts for up to seventy percent of employment and GDP and, given its growing importance, has received much research attention over the last two decades. However, not very much attention has been paid to the
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Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura Editor
Service Industries and Regions Growth, Location and Regional Effects
Advances in Spatial Science Editorial Board Manfred M. Fischer Geoffrey J.D. Hewings Peter Nijkamp Folke Snickars (Coordinating Editor) Jean-Claude Thill Jouke van Dijk
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Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura Editor
Service Industries and Regions Growth, Location and Regional Effects
Editor Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura Applied Economics University of Alcala - Madrid Alcala´ de Henares Spain
ISSN 1430-9602 ISBN 978-3-642-35800-5 ISBN 978-3-642-35801-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-35801-2 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012956222 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
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Introduction: Objectives, Approach and Main Lessons Learned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura
Part I
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Service Industries: Growth Factors, Globalization and Innovation
Towards Increasingly “Tertiarised” Economies: Facts, Factors and Prospects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura
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The Service Sect
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