• Luis RUBALCABA,
Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Alcalá,
Director of the Services, Innovation and Competitiveness Department at Servilab (University Institute for Economic and Social Analysis).

Juan R.CUADRADO-ROURA,
Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Alcalá
Founder Director of Servilab.

Andrés MAROTO, PhD in Applied Economics, Researcher at the University of Alcalá and Servilab, Visiting Professor of Microeconomics (Industrial Organization) at the Autónoma University, Madrid.


Stefano VISINTIN, Jorge GALLEGO and Gisela DI MEGLIO, Researchers at the University of Alcalá and Servilab, PhD students in Applied Economics.

Carlos Iglesias FERNANDEZ, Graduate in Economics; Ph.D. Sociology, Lecturer at Applied Economics

was created in May of 1996 with the denomination of Laboratory of Investigation of the Activities of Services. Since then, it is integrated in the University of Alcalá, Madrid. The main objective of Servilab is the study of the facts and socio-economic problems that modern societies face in a global and changing world. The works developed are not limited to theoretical aspects; they always assist to the demands and practical consequences of the studied topics, trying to offer proposals and alternatives for the action.

The service sector and its different activity branches are one of the major research areas of Servilab. However, the Institute has extended its field of interest to other subjects, as the labour market, the territorial and environmental questions, the problems of the small and medium companies, and the financing of the productive activities, among others. The central research topics of Servilab can be summarized as follows :

• Services, Innovation and Competitiveness: business services, fairs and exhibitions, European policies, public sector economics, productivity.
• Sectorial Studies, Finances and Medium and Small Enterprises: business finances and innovation (SME), evaluation of public policies and business development services, entrepreneurial spirit and creation of companies.
• Labour Market, Employment and Training Area: female labour market, tertiarisation and labour implications.
• Urban and Territorial Studies Area: regional growth, economic disparities and convergence, economic activities location, regional policy and evaluation of public policies, European economy.

- The Contribution of Public and Private Services to European Growth and Welfare, and the Role of Public-Private Innovation Networks, EU 7TH Framework Programme (2008-2011). Coordinator: University of Alcalá, Spain.

-Evaluation of R&D needs in business-related services companies. DG Internal Market and Services (2006). Coordinator: Pim den Hertog, Dialogic, The Netherlands.

- Innovation in Public Services, EU 5TH Framework Programme (2002-2005). Coordinator: STEP Group, Norway.

-EU Platform Foresight: The future of R&D in services. DG Research (2005). Coordinator: Ian Miles, PREST, Manchester, UK.

Books (English) :

• RUBALCABA, L. (2007), The new service economy: Challenges and policy implications for Europe, UK and US: Edward Elgar.
• RUBALCABA, L. and KOX, H. (Eds) (2007), Business services in European economic growth, UK: Palgrave-MacMillan.
• CUADRADO, J.R. y PARELLADA, M. (eds) (2002), Regional Convergence in the European Union, Berlin, Heidelberg and New York: Springer.
CUADRADO, J.R., RUBALCABA, L., BRYSON, J. (Eds) (2002), Trading Services in the Global Economy, UK and USA: Edward Elgar.
RUBALCABA, L. (1999), Business Services and the European Industry: Growth, Employment and Competitiveness, Brussels: Commission of the European Union.
• RUBALCABA, L. (1994), Fairs and Exhibitions in the European Economy, Luxembourg: Commission of the European Union, Eurostat.


Book chapters:

• MAROTO, A. and RUBALCABA, L. (2008) Structure, size and reform of European public sector. In Windrum and Koch Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Management, Edward Elgar
• CUADRADO, J. R. (2008), “Towards New European Peripheries”. In: R. Stongh et al, Innovation, Agglomeration and Regional Competition, UK: Edward Elgar.
• RUBALCABA, L. and GARRIDO, R. (2006), “Urban concentration of European business services”. In: Carrillo (Ed) Knowledge cities, Buttherworth-Heinemann, Burlington, US: Elsevier.
• CUADRADO-ROURA, J.R. (2005), “European 'Peripheries': New Concepts and Challenges”. In: VVAA., Regions in Competition and Co-operation; Univ. of Trollhättan / Uddewala, Sweden, pp. 251-294.
• RUBALCABA, L. and GAGO, D. (2002), “National and International Effects in Business Service Concentration”. In: I. Miles and M. Miozzo (Eds.) Internationalisation, technology and services, Edward Elgar, pp: 137-160.
• RUBALCABA, L. and CUADRADO ROURA, J.R. (2001), “Spain: Knowledge-intensive services: a paradigm of economic change”. In: P. Wood (Eds.), Consultancy and Innovation: the Business Service Revolution in Europe, London and New York: Routledge, pp: 316-343.
• CUADRADO, J.R. y MARTINEZ SIERRA, F. (2001), “Dynamique urbaine et innovation dans l'aire métropolitaine de Madrid. Analyse de trois sous-systèmes spécifiques”. O.Crevoisier y R.Camagni: Les milieux urbains: innovation, systèmes de production et Ancrage; EDES-GREMI, Neuchâtel, pp. 19-348.
• CUADRADO, J.R. (2000), "The analysis of Tourism through a disaggregated I-O table", en APDR (ed.), Tourism Sustainability and Territorial Organisation, Coimbra (Portugal), pp. 15-38.

Articles and working papers

• RUBALCABA, L. (2007), “Services in European Policies”, Bruges European Economic Policy Briefings Nº16.
• KOX, H. and RUBALCABA, L. (2007), “Analysing the Contribution of Business Services to European Economic Growth”, Bruges European Economic Research Papers Nº9.
• GARCÍA-GOÑI, M., MAROTO, A. and RUBALCABA, L. (2007) Workers motivation in European health services, Health Policy Vol. 84/2-3: 344-358.
• GAGO, D. and RUBALCABA, L. (2007), “Innovation and ICT in service firms: towards a multidimensional approach for impact assessment”, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol.17, issue 1, pp. 25-44.
• RUBALCABA, L., DI MEGLIO, G., VISINTIN, S., MAROTO, A. y GALLEGO, J. (2007), “The Competitiveness of European Services”, Proceedings of the RESER Conference, Tampere, Finland.
• RUBALCABA, L. (2006) “Which policy for innovation in services?”, Science and Public Policy, Vol. 33, No.10, pp.745-756.
• RUBALCABA, L. and GALLEGO, J. (2006), “The participation of business-related services in public R&D programmes: their particular role in EU Framework Programmes”, Paper prepared for the European Commission project: Evaluation of the R&D needs on business-related services enterprises, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• RUBALCABA, L. and MERINO, F. (2005), “Urban supply-demand interrelations in business services”, The Service Industries Journal, Vol. 24, pp. 163-180.
• CUADRADO, J.R and GARCÍA TABUENCA, A. (2004), “ICT Policies for SMEs and Regional Disparities. The Spanish Case”, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 16, Jan, 2004, 55-75.
RUBALCABA; L. and GAGO, G. (2003), “Location and role of innovative business services in European regions: testing some explanatory factors”, The Service Industries Journal, Vol. 23. No. 1, pp. 77-94.
• MAÑAS, E., GABALDON, P. and RUBALCABA, L. (2002), “Service family consumption: some explanatory factors”, The Service Industries Journal, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 92-121.
• MERINO DE LUCAS, F. (2001): "Spanish Economy and Economic Record", en Readers'? Guide to the Social Sciences, pp. 1571-1573, (Ed. Jonathan Michie), Ed. Fitzroy Publishers.
• CUADRADO, J. R., MANCHA, T., and GARRIDO, R. (2000), “Regional Productivity Patterns In Europe: An Alternative Approach”, Annals of Regional Science, vol. 34, nº 3.
CUADRADO ROURA, J.R. and L. RUBALCABA BERMEJO, L. (1998), “Specialization and Competition in Urban European Cities: a New Approach through Fairs and Exhibitions”, Regional Studies, No. 39, pp. 133-147.

Books in Spanish

• RUBALCABA, L. (2008), Los servicios en la economía europea: desafíos e implicaciones de política económica, Madrid: Marcial Pons.
• MAROTO, A. and CUADRADO, J.R. (2006), La productividad de la economía española, Spain: Instituto de Estudios Económicos.
• CUADRADO, J.R. and FERNÁNDEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, T. (2005), El área de libre comercio Euromediterránea: hitos conseguidos y perspectivas futuras, Spain: Marcial Pons.
• GARRIDO, R. (2002), Cambio estructural y desarrollo regional en España, Spain: Editorial Pirámide.

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Andrés MAROTO: mail:andres.maroto@uah.es

Carlos IGLESIAS:mail:[carlos.iglesias@uah.es]carlos.iglesias@uah.es

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