Managing the Service Economy: Prospects and Problems - Hardcover

Inman, Robert P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521306477 ISBN 13: 9780521306478

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1985

Synopsis

These essays discuss the service sector, an often neglected area of economic study. The contributors agree that services are replacing manufacturing as the employment base in more advanced economies. Their essays provide valuable insight into the causes, problems and prospects of this transition. Commissioned for the Wharton-ARA Conference on the Service Economy, this collection examines the rise of the prevailing economic order in the United States, Japanese, and international economies and the future and potential of the service sector. The volume concludes with an agenda for future research and policy of the service company.

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'This book deals with an important topic, and it is an important book in many respects.' Journal of Economics

Book Description

These essays discuss the service sector and how it seems to be replacing manufacturing as the employment base in more advanced economies. They provide valuable insight into the causes, problems and prospects of this transition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521306477
• ISBN 13: 9780521306478
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320