One of the most conventional statements in economics, with regard to the services sector,
suggests that, as a whole, this sector has a lower productivity level and growth rates than the …

Technology and economic development: The dynamics of local, regional, and national
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As the twenty-first century begins, significant changes are occurring in the way that services
and goods are produced and consumed. One of the key drivers of this change is information …

Through a critical review of economic base theory, this paper argues that the ability to
prevent income leaking out of an area is as important to rural development as the capacity to …

This study examines urban quality of life by assessing the relationship between observed
socioeconomic conditions and urban forest amenities in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. Using …

The rapid expansion of the service sector is a principal feature of contemporary global
economic restructuring. The service sector's share of the world's workforce rose from 24 per …

Intermediate industries of an economy have recently come into focus. These industries are,
for instance, essential in numerous recent models dealing with what is sometimes called the …

This article presents the spatial patterns of general and high-tech start-up rates and explores
regional factors associated with entrepreneurship in US micropolitan areas. Regression …

Communities' perceptions of economic development prospects and alternatives are
conditioned by previous experiences and anecdotal success stories. Thus, small towns in …

This study investigates the effect of local manufacturing on start-up activity across
knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) industries by relying on the natural …