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Service Industries and Regions

Growth, Location and Regional Effects

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Editors:
  1. Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura

    1. , Applied Economics, University of Alcala - Madrid, Alcalá de Henares, Spain

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  • Overview of the evolution of service industries, the influence of globalization and innovation, and main factors explaining their growth and location trends
  • New contributions on a previously under-researched topic
  • Novelty in regional analysis

Part of the book series: Advances in Spatial Science (ADVSPATIAL)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Objectives, Approach and Main Lessons Learned

    • Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura
    Pages 1-17

  3. Service Industries: Growth Factors, Globalization and Innovation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Towards Increasingly “Tertiarised” Economies: Facts, Factors and Prospects

      • Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura
      Pages 21-42

    3. The Service Sector in the New Globalization Phase: Evidence from European Regions

      • Roberta Capello, Ugo Fratesi
      Pages 43-64

    4. Patterns and Trends in Services Related Activities in OECD Regions

      • Enrique Garcilazo, Florence Mouradian, Joaquim Oliveira-Martins
      Pages 65-108

    5. Global Innovation Networks, Territory and Services Innovation

      • Philip Cooke
      Pages 109-133

    6. Reconfiguring the Global Service Economy? The Case of the BRICs

      • Peter Daniels
      Pages 135-155

  4. Regional Aspects of FDI in Services, Export Decisions, Productivity and Employment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. FDI in Services in European Regions: An Overview

      • Laura Resmini
      Pages 159-176

    3. Export Decisions of Services Firms Between Agglomeration Effects and Market-Entry Costs

      • Henk L. M. Kox
      Pages 177-201

    4. Do Services Play a Role in Regional Productivity Growth Across Europe?

      • Andrés Maroto-Sánchez, Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura
      Pages 203-226

    5. Service Employment and Unemployment in the Great Recession: Trends in OECD Countries and U.S. States

      • William B. Beyers
      Pages 227-249

  5. Location of Service Industries: Cities, Internationalization, the Case of Some Specific Activities and Regional Development Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251
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    2. The Location of Service Industries

      • Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura
      Pages 253-284

    3. European Cities in Globalization: A Comparative Analysis Based on the Location Strategies of Advanced Producer Services

      • Peter J. Taylor, Michael Hoyler, Simón Sánchez-Moral
      Pages 285-304

    4. Geographical Distribution and Regional Specialization of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services: An Empirical Investigation Across European Regions

      • Blanca L. Delgado-Márquez, Marcos M. García-Velasco
      Pages 305-337

    5. A New Service Typology: Geographical Diversity and Dynamics of the German Service Economy

      • Johannes Glückler, Ingmar Hammer
      Pages 339-364

    6. On the Difficulty of Comparing the Spatial Distribution of Service Industries Across Nations: Contrasting Spain and Canada

      • Mario Polèse, Fernando Rubiera-Morollón
      Pages 365-386

    7. The Importance of Creative Services Firms in Explaining the Wealth of European Regions

      • Rafael Boix, Blanca De-Miguel-Molina, José Luis Hervas-Oliver
      Pages 387-406
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About this book

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 relationship between this sector and both its territorial impact and regional effects. The main objective of this book is to offer a comprehensive approach to these aspects, focusing particularly on the location factors of service industries and the importance of some specific services, such as business services and knowledge and information services. The contributions have been prepared by well-known experts in the field from a wide number of countries. The focus of all contributions is not only on theoretical aspects, but also provides empirical analyses on specific countries and topics such as the geographical concentration, globalization impacts, foreign direct investments, and innovation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Applied Economics, University of Alcala - Madrid, Alcalá de Henares, Spain

    Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura

About the editor

Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura is Professor of Applied Economics and Founder-Director of IAES, University of Alcala, Madrid. Former President of European Regional Science Association (ERSA). Member of many editorial boards. He has published a high number of books and papers in indexed international journals, mainly on European Economic Policy, Productivity and competitiveness, Regional analysis and Service industries. Director of the journal ‘Investigaciones Regionales’.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Service Industries and Regions

  • Book Subtitle: Growth, Location and Regional Effects

  • Editors: Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura

  • Series Title: Advances in Spatial Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35801-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-35800-5Published: 10 April 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42712-1Published: 12 April 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-35801-2Published: 26 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1430-9602

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-9375

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 447

  • Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Economic Geography, Industrial Organization

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