OM Forum- The service and information economy: Research opportunities

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 136-141

  Karmarkar, Uday ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information economy; Research; Service economy; Service industrialization

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH; SERVICE INDUSTRY;

INFORMATION ECONOMY; INFORMATION-INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES; NEW INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; SERVICE ECONOMY; SERVICE INDUSTRIALIZATION; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENTS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 84928991373     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.2015.0525     Document Type: Review

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