From cutting the grass to providing health care to delivering packages, service industries in the United States play an integral part in the daily activities of millions of people and businesses. These services may offer an improved standard of living,...

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.