Servicification of Manufacturing - Evidence from Swedish Firm and Enterprise Group Level Data

Magnus Lodefalk

No 2010:3, Working Papers from Örebro University, School of Business

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: servicification; manufacturing; deindustrialisation; enterprise group level data; firm data; outsourcing; offshoring (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 L16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2010-03-24
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