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PÉTER LITERATUR CSIZMADIA
1. GLOBAL CHANGES IN THE WORLD ECONO-
MY: EMERGING SERVICE ECONOMY
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ORGANISATIONAL INNOVATIONS IN THE
HUNGARIAN KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE
BUSINESS SERVICE SECTOR:
LESSONS FROM A COMPANY SURVEY
In the last few decades, the world economy
has undergone a structural transformation
process that can be described by an
increasing role of the service sector within the
national economies at the expense of manufacturing.
According to the OECD, in 2005
the contribution of services to the GDP in the
developed economies was around 70% with remarkable
country differences (OECD 2007).
The proportion of services in the economic
output in the case of the USA is close to 80%,
while it remains below 60% in South-Korea.
In Hungary, services produce 65% of the
GDP, which is around the European average.
The position of the country is better than the
Czech Republic or Slovakia but lags behind the
Benelux-states and the Nordic countries. Table
1 illustrates the growing economic role of the
service sector in some OECD-countries.
Péter Csizmadia
When evaluating the growing international
importance of services, it is important to call
attention to the changing internal structure
of the sector, e.g. the increasing share of
business services representing higher valueadded
activities. Another important factor
shaping the global economy is the different
development dynamics of the manufacturing
and service sectors. Globally, the service sector
achieved 23.6% productivity growth
accompanied by a 20.2 % employment
increase. On the other hand, 28.8 %
productivity growth and a 22.8 %
employment decline were registered
in the manufacturing sector (Sako, 2006).
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Another important tendency is that the