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.
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.
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Kuwait: Country Economic Forecast: 12 Apr 2012
4/12/2012 | published by: Oxford Economics
... a smaller increase in the average oil price. But it also reflects the continuing political instability which is depressing economic confidence and restraining economic reforms and project activity. Credit growth to the private sector remains ...
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India: Country Economic Forecast: 12 Apr 2012
4/12/2012 | published by: Oxford Economics
... but not speeding up the introduction of a move to a more efficient goods and services tax. It also talked of cutting subsidies on fuel and fertilisers as part of efforts to control spending, but ...
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Convergys Corporation: Technology and Communications Company Profile, SWOT & Financial Report
4/12/2012 | published by: iCD Research
... competitive benchmarking, SWOT analysis, key facts, information on products and services, details of locations and subsidiaries. Summary ICD Research's ""Convergys Corporation: Technology and Communications Company Profile, SWOT & Financial Report"" is a crucial resource for ...
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Croatia: Country Economic Forecast: 11 Apr 2012
4/11/2012 | published by: Oxford Economics
... decline in consumption and investment this year, but the return to growth in 2013-14 will remain weak as fast-rising debt restrains public spending. The credit rating outlook will remain negative until spending cuts and tax ...
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Angola: Country Economic Forecast: 11 Apr 2012
4/11/2012 | published by: Oxford Economics
... oil output fall to 1.64m b/d from almost 1.8m b/d in 2010. Activity was led by the impact of booming oil revenues on the non-oil sector, which grew 9%. With more oil production coming on ...
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Convergys Corporation: Technology and Communications Company Profile, SWOT & Financial Report
4/11/2012 | published by: iCD Research
... competitive benchmarking, SWOT analysis, key facts, information on products and services, details of locations and subsidiaries, plus information on key news events affecting the company. Summary ICD Research's Convergys Corporation: Technology and Communications Company Profile, ...
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Saudi Arabia: Country Economic Forecast: 11 Apr 2012
4/11/2012 | published by: Oxford Economics
... a 3-year high in private sector credit growth of 12.1% in February. Growth is being underpinned by oil and fiscal trends. Oil production reached 10.1m b/d in Q1 and is forecast to be up 5.5% ...
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IDC Worldwide Small and Medium-Sized Business Market Update: January–March 2012 — Dell, Lenovo, and Facebook Set Their Sights on SMBs in India
4/11/2012 | published by: IDC
... service (VaaS), social networking and Web site tools, and marketing campaigns: Dell Unveils New Products for Indian SMBs and Restructures Sales and Marketing Organization Facebook Partners with Indian Commerce Group Lenovo Announces Cloud Storage Service ...
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Chile: Country Economic Forecast: 10 Apr 2012
4/10/2012 | published by: Oxford Economics
... copper exports were restrained by a number of factors including industrial action and adverse weather conditions during Q3. The new methodology has not changed our view on Chile, although the adjustments have caused an upward ...
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Vietnam: Country Economic Forecast: 10 Apr 2012
4/10/2012 | published by: Oxford Economics
... For 2012 as a whole, GDP growth of about 5.5% will be below the official target, but further rebalancing will enable a return to the previous 7% growth trend in 2013-15. Slowdown has caused mounting ...
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Analysis of the Mexican and Central America and Caribbean Contact Center Outsourcing Services Market
4/10/2012 | published by: Frost & Sullivan
... in each of the local markets and services supplied by these countries to overseas consumers. Furthermore, it shows the data for outsourcing offshore services alone, excluding in-house operations. Within this study, revenue is traced as ...
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IDC Small and Medium-Sized Business Market Update: March 2012 — From Amazon to Google, Lenovo to SAP, Vendors Eager to Bring SMBs into the Cloud
4/10/2012 | published by: IDC
... that approximately 14% of small firms and 36% of medium-sized businesses use cloud-based capabilities — as customers of service providers such as salesforce.com or by maintaining their own internal or private clouds or, in some ...
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Egypt: Country Economic Forecast: 10 Apr 2012
4/10/2012 | published by: Oxford Economics
... much harder to call. The Brotherhood candidate is businessman Khairat al-Shater; he will clearly be a major contender given the wide support for the Islamic party that saw it become the largest bloc in both ...
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US Weekly Economic Briefing: 09 Apr 2012
4/9/2012 | published by: Oxford Economics
... is little doubt that the labor market is far healthier now that it was over the past couple of years. Monthly payroll increases in coming months are likely to be moderate rather than robust, but ...
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US Weekly Economic Briefing: 09 Apr 2012
4/9/2012 | published by: Oxford Economics
... is little doubt that the labor market is far healthier now that it was over the past couple of years. Monthly payroll increases in coming months are likely to be moderate rather than robust, but ...
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Accounting Services
4/9/2012 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... KPMG, and Ernst & Young, as well as payroll services providers Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Paychex and tax preparer H&R Block. The industry is fragmented: the 50 largest companies hold just less than 50 percent ...
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Petroleum & Petroleum Products Wholesalers
4/9/2012 | published by: First Research, Inc.
... crude oil. Major companies include Getty Petroleum Marketing, Global Partners, Mansfield Oil, Statoil Marketing & Trading, and World Fuel Services. The industry is concentrated: the 50 largest companies generate more than 70 percent of revenue. ...
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IDC Small and Medium-Sized Business Market Update: February 2012 — Google and Intuit Help Small Businesses Build Web Sites, Tech Support Offerings from Sprint and Salesforce.com, and More
4/6/2012 | published by: IDC
... capabilities, advertising and promotion, and cloud-based services: Google Extends SMB Web Hosting Partnership with Intuit Iomega Unveils New Network-Attached Storage for SMBs Salesforce.com Refreshes Small Business Help Desk Service SAP Unveils New Database Offerings for ...
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International, Comparative, and Cross-Cultural HRD
4/6/2012 | published by: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
... literatures into the three trajectories specified. However, there are contradictions and confusions within the literature. The ebook is particularly valuable to scholars interested in theorising and researching international, comparative and cross-cultural HRD and identifies possible ...
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Hungary: Country Economic Forecast: 05 Apr 2012
4/5/2012 | published by: Oxford Economics
... imminent resolution to current areas of dispute (such as over central bank and judicial independence) with the European Commission (EC). Signs of protracted negotiations could trigger a deterioration in the external risk environment, which has ...
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UK Weekly Economic Briefing: 05 Apr 2012
4/5/2012 | published by: Oxford Economics
... sizeable risks, most of which are on the downside. In the second half of last year the global economy was faced with two main downside risks: a Eurozone breakup and a China hard landing. Although ...
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Trade E-Book Publishing 2012
4/5/2012 | published by: Simba Information - Reports
... Through a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults administered multiple times per year, Simba establishes the history of e-books and e-readers and makes projections on the future of both. Trends on e-books read, bought and ...
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Eurozone Weekly Economic Briefing: 05 Apr 2012
4/5/2012 | published by: Oxford Economics
... economy already in recession, it would be very surprising if this package is sufficient to lower the deficit to the 5.3% of GDP target. On EU measures, government debt in Spain amounts to 70% of ...
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IDC Small and Medium-Sized Business Market Update: February 2012 — Google and Intuit Help Small Businesses Build Web Sites, Tech Support Offerings from Sprint and Salesforce.com, and More
4/5/2012 | published by: IDC
... capabilities, advertising and promotion, and cloud-based services: Google Extends SMB Web Hosting Partnership with Intuit Iomega Unveils New Network-Attached Storage for SMBs Salesforce.com Refreshes Small Business Help Desk Service SAP Unveils New Database Offerings for ...
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Tunisia: Country Economic Forecast: 05 Apr 2012
4/5/2012 | published by: Oxford Economics
... sector was particularly badly hit, with visitor numbers falling by some 30%, and this weighed on other sectors. Industrial output suffered due to the wave of protests and strikes last year but activity was supported ...
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