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The Service sector is often considered the tertiary sector of many global economies, with the others being the secondary sector or manufacturing and the primary sector being agriculture.

As the name suggests, the service sector consists of the service-focused portion of the economy, such activities where companies or individuals offer their knowledge and time to improve productivity, performance, or opportunities.

The basic characteristic of this sector is the production of services instead of tagible products. Services (also known as "intangible goods") include attention, advice, experience, and discussion.

For decades, there has been a substantial shift from the primary and secondary sectors to the tertiary sector in industrialized economies. This sector is now the largest sector of the economy in the Western world, and has also seen the fastest growth.

The business services industry, a subset of the Services sector, is focused on services explicitly offered to businesses and includes accounting, human resources, consulting, facilities management, leasing, security, and numerous other functions.

The market reports available in this Business Services category will help you research specific topics or organizations providing support to other businesses and in many cases will be focused on a specific topic, such as collections services, intellectual property, or corporate finance. Our collection of market research reports provides insights into product and market trends, opportunities, projections, sales, and marketing strategies. Specifics on market share, segmentation, size, and growth by country are also featured.

Accounting & Finance (509)

Business Outsourcing (736)

Consulting (661)

Corporate Services (1884)

Building Security (18)
Corporate Services Company Reports (925)
Facilities Management (287)
General Corporate Services (104)
Leasing (83)
Security Equipment (281)
Security Services (245)

Franchises (3957)

General Business Services & Administration (436)

Home Office (166)

Human Resources (809)

Intellectual Property (98)

International Trade (7635)

Knowledge Management (81)

Libraries & Information Centers (222)

Licensing (72)

Management (469)

Research & Development (99)

Science & Engineering (134)

Small & Medium Business (SMB) (1072)

Telecommuting (40)

Wholesaling (1201)

Business Services & Administration market research reports and industry analysis

Australia - Cloud Computing 5/16/2013 \| published by: Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd ... the concept was sound and that it had great potential. Now over a decade later they are back, but this time under the name of cloud computing. This term describes the shift towards providing data ... \| read more...	$70.00
Finland: Country Economic Forecast: 15 May 2013 5/15/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... external demand and rising unemployment. We now expect GDP to shrink by 0.4% this year, following a 0.2% decline in 2012. The economy has been hit by both external and domestic factors. On the external ... \| read more...	$175.00
USA: Country Economic Forecast: 15 May 2013 5/15/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... subdued world trade. We have therefore shaved a little off our 2013 GDP forecast, cutting growth to 2.1% from 2.2% last month. And sluggish business investment means we now expect more of a slowdown in ... \| read more...	$175.00
Egypt: Country Economic Forecast: 15 May 2013 5/15/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... US$4.8bn loan programme, which is urgently needed to trigger more international aid and boost confidence that the government will be able to implement a credible medium-term economic programme. But an IMF deal is hardly likely ... \| read more...	$175.00
Switzerland: Country Economic Forecast: 14 May 2013 5/14/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... about by less robust growth in the leading emergers. Hopes of significantly faster export growth this year are fading; goods exports in Q1 were little changed on the year, while tourist stays were down in ... \| read more...	$175.00
Croatia: Country Economic Forecast: 14 May 2013 5/14/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... in inflation. EU accession in July will initially do little to boost inward investment and may worsen the trade balance before the advantages of structural funding, FDI and wider market access start to take effect ... \| read more...	$175.00
Pakistan: Country Economic Forecast: 14 May 2013 5/14/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... for 2014-15, but this will depend on reduced political uncertainty and renewed FDI and other capital inflows. The parliamentary elections on 11 May saw heavy losses for the ruling PPP. As a result, the PML ... \| read more...	$175.00
Indonesia: Country Economic Forecast: 13 May 2013 5/13/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... row, but annual growth in investment has slowed since H1 2012. Lower commodity prices have dampened mining investment and the government’s commitment to cut the budget deficit has hit public investment. And Standard & Poor’s ... \| read more...	$175.00
Sweden: Country Economic Forecast: 13 May 2013 5/13/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... signs of domestic momentum, external markets remain weak, with merchandise exports (in SEK terms) continuing to fall. Moreover, lower growth forecasts for China and other key emergers, dampening global trade prospects, suggest that a rebound ... \| read more...	$175.00
Ghana - An Economic Primer 5/13/2013 \| published by: ARC Research Partners ... economy brought by effort and policies of its government. According to the World Bank, Ghana is a Middle Income Economy and has more than twice the per capita output then other western African countries. Ghana ... \| read more...	$1,000.00
UK: Country Economic Forecast: 13 May 2013 5/13/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... the quarter saw the economy grow by 0.3%. More timely business survey data suggest that this momentum has carried over into Q2. The activity balances rose across all three PMI surveys in April, with the ... \| read more...	$175.00
Construction in Belgium to 2017: Market Forecast 5/13/2013 \| published by: Timetric ... by construction activity (new construction, repair and maintenance, refurbishment and demolition). The databook provides historical and forecast valuations of the industry using the construction output and value-add methods. Summary This report is the result of ... \| read more...	$950.00
Eurozone: Country Economic Forecast: 13 May 2013 5/13/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... improved. On the contrary, downward revisions to growth forecasts in China and other emerging markets, with their adverse implications for global trade, mean that we have lowered our Eurozone growth forecast again this month; we ... \| read more...	$175.00
Practical Approach To Opening Retail Shop In Russia: Example Of Franchise "Orange Elephants" 5/10/2013 \| published by: Euroresearch & Consulting ... shop under a franchise “Orange Elephant” and use this experience as an example. Please pay attention: Benefits of buying the report: The report describes main difficulties of opening the retail store in Russia Detailed financial ... \| read more...	$1,850.00
Bolivia: Country Economic Forecast: 10 May 2013 5/10/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... 5% pa until 2016. Strong IGAE activity data for January and February indicate that the hydrocarbon sector continues to drive growth, but construction is also expanding rapidly. Hydrocarbon exports continued to grow robustly in Q1. ... \| read more...	$175.00
Chile: Country Economic Forecast: 10 May 2013 5/10/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... Q2 is likely to be modest. At a sector level, mining output has picked up so far this year, reflecting new capacity coming on stream, but manufacturing has lost momentum. However, the underlying health of ... \| read more...	$175.00
Emerging Markets Weekly Economic Briefing: 10 May 2013 5/10/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... that domestic consumption will not support the growth that we had been expecting despite a relatively loose monetary policy stance and expanding credit. We have therefore cut our outlook for both the short and medium ... \| read more...	$85.00
Kuwait: Country Economic Forecast: 10 May 2013 5/10/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... in Kuwaiti oil output this year, with a similar increase next year. We still forecast that GDP growth will slow to 3.6% this year, with a modest pick-up to 4% in 2014. Despite a parliamentary ... \| read more...	$175.00
Ready-to-use Business Plan To Develop Dental Clinic In Russia. 5/9/2013 \| published by: Euroresearch & Consulting ... use business plan to develop dental clinic in Russia. Detailed financial model is included in the report. The report provides information, which gives very good understanding of trends and dynamics of the market in Russia. ... \| read more...	$2,450.00
South Korea: Country Economic Forecast: 09 May 2013 5/9/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... disappointed in the same month and industrial inventories are still high relative to shipments – which will constrain output in the short term. Consumer spending should bounce back after falling in Q1, as the fundamentals ... \| read more...	$175.00
Iraq: Country Economic Forecast: 09 May 2013 5/9/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... heavy state spending to continue. Further rises in oil output and state spending will underpin solid GDP growth in the next few years. The official target is for output to rise to 3.7m b/d by ... \| read more...	$175.00
Saudi Arabia: Country Economic Forecast: 09 May 2013 5/9/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... to rise further in the rest of 2013, but the full-year average will be some 3.5% lower than in 2012. Production is forecast to rise a modest 1.3% next year. The non-oil sector continues to ... \| read more...	$175.00
Solomon Islands: Country Economic Forecast: 09 May 2013 5/9/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... strong growth of mining, manufacturing and construction. This pattern will continue in 2013, with logging output possibly falling marginally (reflecting worries about sustainability as well as subdued demand) but gold output rising further. As a ... \| read more...	$175.00
Full-Time IT Staff and Use of External Support in U.S. SMBs — Online and On-Premises Resource Use 5/8/2013 \| published by: IDC ... the use of different approaches to support is described in detail across size categories. The document concludes with an examination of the different sources of external IT support used by firms in different size categories. \| read more...	$4,500.00
Comoros: Country Economic Forecast: 08 May 2013 5/8/2013 \| published by: Oxford Economics ... FDI flows going into construction and tourism. GDP growth is forecast to rise modestly to 3.5% this year. We expect inflation to decline from 6% in 2012 to 4.5% this year because of reduced pressure ... \| read more...	$175.00

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