The Handbook of Service Industries

Service activities of all kinds are now acknowledged as key players in economic development, societal change, and policy-making worldwide. This exciting new Handbook helps to clarify ongoing conceptual debates about the nature of service-led economies and push back the frontiers of current critical thinking and research agendas on the role and impact of service activities at a variety of scales. The Handbook features original and stimulating essays by international scholars from a range of disciplines. They actively raise awareness of and provoke debates on the opportunities and challenges posed by the shift to service employment.