Search results for "tertiary sector"
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Government policies and services: an approach to the international context
2009
This special issue analyses the relationship between services and industrial policy. Such a relationship covers a wide variety of aspects, going from measures designed to ensure the competential framework within which business activities are carried out, up to actions aimed at enabling structural change in service industries, with the incorporation of innovation as the essential factor for competitiveness. Two trends can currently be discerned. On the one hand, there is a growing tendency towards the decentralisation and specificity of public policy related to service industries. On the other, indirect actions aimed at strengthening the institutional context (technological infrastructures, …
Investment and Control Decisions in Foreign Markets: Evidence from Service Industries
2010
We empirically investigate the entry mode choice in the service sector. In contrast to current models, we propose a model for choice of entry mode that breaks down the decision into two levels of analysis: first, at the more macro level, the choice of the degree of commitment is influenced mainly by country-related variables; second, at the more micro level, the choice of the degree of control is addressed by firm-related variables. Based on a sample of 328 foreign market entries, our study contributes to the literature of entry mode in two ways: first, by showing the explanatory capacity of the hierarchical model in the analysis of entry mode choice in the service sector; and second, throu…
Birth and growth in new metal‐based manufacturing and business service firms in Finland
2001
This study examined factors influencing the growth of new firms in metal‐based manufacturing and business services in Finland over the three first years of their operation. The factors affecting the growth of a new firm were found in the start‐up phase, in the characteristics of the entrepreneur and of the firm, and in the firm’s environment. Growth was especially explained by the know‐how and changes in the strategic behaviour of the entrepreneur and by the firm’s environment. New firmshad equal chances for growth irrespective of their locality. Instead, growth was affected by changes in a firm’s competitive situation, and, especially in the more developed service centres, growth was depen…
The Economic Impact of the Creative Industry in the European Union
2018
This work analyses the economic impact of the creative industry in the European Union. The paper quantifies the direct and indirect impacts of the creative industry, concluding that they not only have a direct impact on the employment and the production, but also contributes to the technological progress and long-term development of the European Union. Most of this contribution is due to the creative service industries, whereas the direct contribution of the creative manufacturing industries is smaller.
An overview about fashion retailing sector: UK versus Spain
2012
Within the international context, fashion retailers have suffered the most in the economic downturn in the last years. Nevertheless, the historically high-margin fashion sectors composite net profit margin was still the highest of all the product groups. Based on the importance of fashion retail sector for the international economy in general, this paper examines the international retailing situation showing sales data between most important retailers around the world in general and Europe in particular. Specifically, this paper offers an overview on fashion retailing sector in the international context in order to study the position of this sector in the international crisis context. Due t…
770 A comparative european analysis of the link between work stressors and worker outcomes
2018
Introduction Given the changing nature of employment, including the long term shift from manufacturing and agriculture to the service sector, an increasing proportion of the workforce is engaged in employment which is less physically demanding but which brings with it a range of stress-related and psycho-social risks. Eurofound (2006) estimated that in 2005, 20% of EU-15 workers reported health related risk due to work-related stress and the EU OSHA (2007) has identified high emotional demands and work intensification as key emerging psychosocial risks for the occupational health and safety of workers. Methods This paper draws on the 2015 European Working Conditions Survey to examine differ…
CONSULTING SERVICES – A BOOMING NICHE WITHIN THE TERTIARY SECTOR OF OUR ECONOMY?
2012
The paper aims to analyze the current status of the consulting services within our beleagured economy, and tries to foresee the growth perspectives which this subsector may present for it. The accent is put on consulting, from human resources to IT, with the core element being European funding, a subject which is overly debated within the media nowadays. The paper also tries to distinguish between the different types of consulting firms, as well as whether or not consultance for European funds, given by Romanian consultants has been booming or just busted, in terms of succesful projects. The main issues of the consulting sector are analyzed, with the stated purpose of trying to propose new …
Development of sustainable ORC applications in the tertiary sector: a case study in the Mediterranean climate
2022
Abstract In recent decades, climate change strong advancement has led many countries, especially the most developed ones, to a greater sense of environmental responsibility. On a global, European and national level, adaptation/mitigation strategies and actions aimed at improving energy-environmental sustainability and resilience in the tertiary sectors have been increasingly intensified. In this sector, therefore, plays a fundamental role the integration/introduction of technologies able to operate an efficient conversion of energy, such as indeed Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) plant, other than renewable energy sources, in order to reduce both energy consumption and pollutant emissions. Withi…