Industry that provides services rather than goods. Economists divide the products of all economic activity into two broad categories, goods and services. Industries that produce goods (tangible objects) include agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and...

An industry not producing goods but performing various tasks, including transportation, distribution, professional advice, finance. This sector has expanded rapidly in Western countries since 1950, partly as the result of firms becoming more...

That part of an economy producing SERVICES. The formal part of this sector is dominated by schools, hospitals, retailing, banks and insurance; the informal part is dominated by self-employed persons in the BLACK ECONOMY. In the USA and the UK, as a...

The tertiary sector of industry (also known as the service sector or the service industry) is one of the three main industrial categories of a developed economy, the others being the secondary industry (manufacturing), and primary industry (extraction...

Rod Wissler et al, ed., Innovation in Australian Arts, Media and Design: Fresh Challenges for the Tertiary Sector (Flaxton, Qld: Post Pressed, 2004) This publication offers a substantial addition to the literature on Australian creative arts and creative industry research. According to the...

The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the applicability of the 'Dutch Disease' model as a means of explaining the changing sectoral composition of output for Paraguay in the period 1973-86. The consequences of 'booming-sector' activity for: (1) the distribution of income...

A personal essay describing the different ways people can serve the United States. Describes different jobs which make a contribution, such as firefighting and medicine. Considers the importance of service industry jobs.