04601nam 2200589Ia 450 991081154510332120240416235536.01-280-21464-397866102146480-309-53518-2(CKB)111069351107022(EBL)3376866(MiAaPQ)EBC3376866(Au-PeEL)EBL3376866(CaPaEBR)ebr10060457(OCoLC)923266430(EXLCZ)9911106935110702220040923d1988 my 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTechnology in services policies for growth, trade, and employment /Bruce R. Guile and James Brian Quinn, editors1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academy Press19881 online resource (vi, 247 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-309-03887-1 Includes bibliographies and index.""Technology in Services""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION TO SERVICES INDUSTRIES POLICY ISSUES""; ""SERVICES AND THE DEINDUSTRIALIZATION DEBATE""; ""THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF SERVICES""; ""PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN SERVICES""; ""SERVICES TRADE""; ""KEY POLICY ISSUES AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE POLICY RESEARCH""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Technology in Services: Past Myths and Future Challenges""; ""DISPELLING PAST MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT SERVICES""; ""HOW TECHNOLOGY AFFECTS COMPETITIVE STRUCTURES""; ""SERVICES TECHNOLOGIES AND THE FUTURE""""Changed Employment Patterns""""Economic and Job Stability""; ""The Manufacturing-Services Interface""; ""Changing International Competitive Structures""; ""Deregulation and Services Innovation""; ""International Trade Implications""; ""WHITHER SERVICES?""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""NOTES""; ""References""; ""Growth of Services Employment in the United States""; ""EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IN SERVICES 1972-2000""; ""Occupational Employment Changes, Past and Prospective""; ""Educational Content of Jobs""; ""Blacks, Hispanics, and Women""""EXPLANATIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE SERVICES INDUSTRIES""""Factors in Growth of the Producer-Services Industries""; ""Growth of the Gross National Product (GNP)""; ""Final Demand Composition""; ""Differential Effects""; ""Business Practices""; ""The Unbundling Hypothesis""; ""BROAD OCCUPATIONAL TRENDS, 1977-1986""; ""More Detailed Analyses of the 1983-1986 Period""; ""Industrial Composition, 1983-1986""; ""Industry Staffing Patterns, 1983-1986""; ""Combining the Three Factors""; ""Impact on Producer-Services Industries""; ""Conclusions about Unbundling""""WHY DO BUSINESSES DEMAND MORE PRODUCER SERVICES?""""Economies of Scale in Information""; ""Specialized Corporate Services""; ""Government Regulations and Laws""; ""International Trade""; ""Resistance to Innovation""; ""Durability and Commonality""; ""WHY THE CONCERN ABOUT A SERVICES ECONOMY?""; ""Problems of Classification""; ""Services A Prime Mover or a Dependent?""; ""SUMMARY""; ""NOTES""; ""References""; ""Role of Services in the U.S. Economy""; ""THE NATURE OF SERVICES""; ""THE USE OF SERVICES IN PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION""""THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MANUFACTURED GOODS IN THE PRODUCTION OF SERVICES""""THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVICES INPUTS FOR MANUFACTURING""; ""THE CAPTIVE PRODUCTION OF SERVICES BY BUSINESSES""; ""HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION AND PURCHASES OF SERVICES""; ""IMPLICATIONS OF THE ANALYSIS""; ""NOTES""; ""References""; ""Productivity in Services""; ""OUTPUT, INPUT, AND PRODUCTIVITY DEVELOPMENTS, 1948-1986""; ""Sector Comparisons""; ""Industry Differences""; ""Causal Factors behind Productivity Change""; ""POLICIES TO PROMOTE PRODUCTIVITY AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE""; ""Volume Factors""""Promoting Technological Knowledge""Series on technology and social priorities.Service industriesTechnological innovationsUnited StatesCongressesIndustriesService industriesTechnological innovationsIndustries.338.927Guile Bruce R107497Quinn James Brian1928-107498National Academy of Engineering.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811545103321Technology in services4012630UNINA