Services productivity revisited

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-353

  Maroto, Andrés ^a   Rubalcaba, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baumol's disease; Productivity; Services

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SERVICE SECTOR;

EID: 41949089177     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060701856209     Document Type: Article

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