Productivity in the services sector: Conventional and current explanations

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 719-746

  Maroto Sánchez, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

economic growth; literature review; productivity; service sector

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PRODUCTIVITY; SERVICE SECTOR;

EID: 84859170474     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2010.531266     Document Type: Article

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