• Media type: E-Book; Report
  • Title: "Servicification of Manufacturing - Evidence from Swedish Firm and Enterprise Group Level Data"
  • Contributor: Lodefalk, Magnus [Author]
  • imprint: Örebro: Örebro University School of Business, 2010
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: F14 ; enterprise group level data ; offshoring ; firm data ; servicification ; L16 ; manufacturing ; outsourcing ; deindustrialisation
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  • Description: The manufacturing industry in industrialised countries is often argued to servicify - use and sell more services - but knowledge is poor. We examine the phenomenon using detailed and com-prehensive micro level data at both the firm and enterprise group level for Sweden (1997-2006). We find that manufacturing is servicifying substantially. Services and qualified services are increasingly characterising in-house activity in manufacturing. The results imply that treat-ing services and manufacturing separately - for instance in trade policy negotiations - may be inappropriate in industrialised countries. Finally, the findings illustrate the value of enterprise group level data when studying structural economic changes.
  • Access State: Open Access