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Economic development and producer services growth: the APEC experience
Author(s) -
Daniels P.W.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
asia pacific viewpoint
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.571
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8373
pISSN - 1360-7456
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8373.00060
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , position (finance) , tertiary sector of the economy , economic transformation , service (business) , asia pacific , business , economics , economic geography , regional science , economy , geography , finance , archaeology
This paper explores the idea that in the Asia‐Pacific region the relationship between economic growth, industrial transformation and the rise of service industries in general, and producer services in particular, appears to be different to that found in North America or Europe. After an exploration of the context for producer services growth, some simple indices for measuring the relative position of Asia‐Pacific producer services in the global context are used to demonstrate that they are apparently less prominent than expected. More robust data, including case studies, are needed to substantiate this preliminary paper. The paper concludes with the elements of an agenda for further research.