Urban Productivity and the Neighborhoods: The Case for a Federal Neighborhood Strategy

1994 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Wiewel ◽  
J Persky
Keyword(s):  
Service Sector ◽  
Central City ◽  
Urban Neighborhoods ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
Government Investment ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Agglomeration Effects ◽  
Urban Productivity

In this paper the authors seek to build a new case for neighborhood-oriented government programs, primarily based on economic, rather than moral, political, or social policy considerations. Serious government investment can provide a base for much expanded service sector employment in neighborhoods in the central city and aging suburbs. Agglomeration effects in expanding service industries remain important for productivity, in spite of decentralization. Furthermore, the costs of decentralization impose constraints on further suburban growth. Urban neighborhoods can provide relatively high-productivity locales for service industries, because of existing infrastructure, a large labor force, proximity to downtowns, local entrepreneurs, and the enduring advantages of density. However, programs are needed to improve public infrastructure to increase productivity; invest in human capital; and strengthen the competitive position of neighborhoods through quality-of-life improvements.

The Demographics of Trade-Affected Services and Manufacturing Workers (1987–1990): A Comparative Analysis

1995 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-67
Author(s):  
Bartholomew Armah
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
College Education ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Industry Group ◽  
White Males ◽  
Group A

Using input-output data for 1987 and 1990, this study identifies the demographic characteristics of trade-affected workers in U.S. manufacturing and service industries. Trade-affected workers are defined as employees in industries that experienced a change (positive or negative) in net total (direct and indirect) trade-related employment between 1987 and 1990. For the period 1987–1990, three industry categories were examined: (a) industries that experienced an increase in positive net trade-related employment; (b) industries that experienced a decline in positive net trade-related employment; and (c) industries that suffered net trade-related employment losses in both years yet experienced an improvement over the period. The study finds that, while manufacturing industry workers in the most favorably affected industry group (i.e., group “a”) were more likely to be highly skilled (i.e., scientists & engineers), highly educated (i.e., over four years of college education), unionized, married and white males, corresponding service sector workers were predominantly unskilled (laborers), less educated, non-unionized, young (i.e., aged 16–24) and male (black and white). Furthermore, the service sector was associated with greater mean trade-related employment and output gains and lower mean employment and output losses than was the manufacturing sector.

The Service Sector in the United States, 1839 to 1899

1967 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 625-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Weiss
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The United States ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Public Utilities ◽  
Personal Services ◽  
Government Education ◽  
Quantitative Development

The dissertation is a study of the service industries in the United States during the period 1839 through 1899. The primary purpose of the study is to provide three series relating to the quantitative development of the sector. These series—value-added, gainful workers, and capital stock—provide benchmark estimates at decade intervals centered on census years. Series are presented for the aggregate sector; the major components, final and intermediate services; and eight industries. These eight industries, defined as the service sector, are trade, transportation and public utilities, finance and insurance, professional services, personal services, government, education, and the independent hand trades.

Private Prisons

2019 ◽  
pp. 279-302
Author(s):  
Volker Janssen
Keyword(s):  
New Deal ◽  
Global South ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
Private Prisons ◽  
Prison Labor ◽  
Corporate Globalization ◽  
Government Planning ◽  
Services Outsourcing

The chapter considers privatization, private prisons, and prison services outsourcing within a Sun Belt to Global South framework. Eschewing the inclination to frame the Sunbelt as a region that merely modernized the South, the chapter reveals instead a series of contradictions—chief among them neoliberal rhetoric and anti-statist politics alongside the seemingly contrasting policies that were dependent on New Deal–era public infrastructure and government planning. By analyzing such service industries as health care, telecommunications, food catering, and construction within a public–private partnership, this chapter reveals how privatization masks neoliberal anti-statism even when growing the state through mass incarceration. The model for this fusion of public services and private industries was the Cold War’s defense industries, where contractors played a pivotal role in decision making within a symbiotic partnership. The chapter concludes that the modern-day prison industrial complex is more a product of the New Deal state than of a neoliberal conservative ascendency. When the Sunbelt’s private–public partnership partnered with corporate globalization, contemporary prison labor occurs within a “Global South” marketplace more than a framework of “neo-slavery.”

Employment Decentralization in US Metropolitan Areas: Is Los Angeles an Outlier or the Norm?

1996 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 1727-1743 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Gordon ◽  
H W Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Central City ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Similar Data ◽  
Metropolitan Statistical Areas ◽  
Common Process ◽  
Job Growth ◽  
Initial Movement ◽  
Labor Pools

In this paper data from the economic censuses are utilized to show that most job growth in the manufacturing, wholesaling, retail, and service industries in the 1982–87 period has been in the urban peripheries of the twelve consolidated metropolitan statistical areas (CMSAs). Similar data for 1976, 1980, and 1986 from another source, the Wharton Urban Decentralization Project, confirm many of these trends, and for a larger set of metropolitan areas. The results show that Los Angeles is more in the middle of the twelve CMSAs than it is an outlier. It is suggested that these common results reflect a common process, that is, an initial movement of households towards the metropolitan edge in search of amenities (or flight from central city ills), followed by the decentralization of firms to increase their access to suburban labor pools.

Team microfranchising as a response to the entrepreneurial capacity problem in low-income markets

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Camenzuli ◽  
Kevin McKague
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Training

Purpose – Drawing on a qualitative study of youth microfranchising in the Tanzanian computer sales, service, and training sector, the purpose of this study is to identify the challenges and advantages of a team-based approach to owning and operating a microfranchise business in the context of a least developed country. However, disadvantaged entrepreneurs typically still lack a critical mass of specialized technical skills and general managerial skills to manage a differentiated and competitive microenterprise business. A team-based approach to microfranchising can allow for combining specialized skills among more than one business owner; however, the potential risks and opportunities of team-microfranchising have not been studied. This study makes a contribution toward filling this gap by identifying five challenges and five advantages of team microfranchising which provide guidance for future research and practice. Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative data (interviews, observation and archival documents) were analyzed from an in-depth case study of youth microfranchising in the Tanzanian computer sales, service and training sector. Findings – Results revealed that microfranchise businesses in sectors that require multiple complementary higher-level skills are suited to a team microfranchise approach. Findings suggest that the greater the limitations on franchisee skills and the more pronounced the lack of public goods and institutions, the greater the potential for team microfranchising to overcome the entrepreneurial capacity constraints and institutional voids in low-income market contexts. Further, team-based microfranchises may be able to compete more effectively in sectors where economies of scale are not a significant factor, such as service industries and small-scale niche manufacturing. Also identified are five potential challenges and five areas of opportunity for practitioners seeking to implement a team-microfranchise approach. Research limitations/implications – The current study examined microfranchising among teams of youth in the Tanzanian computer sales and service sector. Further research could examine team microfranchising among other demographic groups in different sectors and the different regulatory, institutional and cultural contexts of other regions and countries. Social implications – If developed effectively in the right contexts, the team-based approach to microfranchising can potentially double the job-creation impacts of microfranchising ventures. Originality/value – This study is the first to assess the viability and boundary conditions of a team-based approach to microfranchising.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF INTERSECTORAL ECONOMIC FACTORS ON EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (44) ◽  
pp. 73-83
Author(s):  
E.A. Edinak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Service Sector ◽  
Final Demand ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Real Sector ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
The Real ◽  
Sectoral Structure ◽  
Total Labor ◽  
The Impact

The target of the research is the sphere of employment of the Russian labor market. The author attempts to assess the total labor costs in the sectoral context and the intersectoral structure of jobs in the economy. The aim of the study is to analyze retrospective indicators of the number and sectoral structure of employment, quantitative estimates of the impact on it of the parameters of economic dynamics. The analysis of the coefficients showed that the branches of the real sector and the service sector are characterized by different abilities to create jobs, which are determined by the structure of production in the economy. With the growth of production in the sectors of the real sector, the demand for employment (exceeding the size of the intrasectoral one) is formed more in related sectors. Most service industries have a low potential for inducing jobs in the economy. The article also substantiates that a change in final demand for the same amount in industries is differently transformed into labor income in the economy. In the service sector, the largest growth in payroll funds was recorded with a minimum increase in the income of workers in related industries. In the production sector, the situation is the opposite: the growth of final demand generates incomes for workers in related industries with a lower direct effect. The research is based on the input-output tables published by Rosstat and the symmetric input-output balance table obtained on their basis for 2017. The results of the study and the conclusions drawn are a tool for assessing the effectiveness of economic policy measures aimed at supporting and/or developing industries in terms of their impact on employment and income growth of the working population.

scholarly journals The Service Sector of a Knowledge-based Economy – a Comparative Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grażyna Węgrzyn
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
European Economies ◽  
The Eu

The study objective was identification of the service industries that determine the rate and lines of development of a knowledge-based economy. The analysis covered the EU member countries and the years of 2008-2012. This report consists of four sections. The first one provides the characteristics of a knowledgebased economy and describes the role of services sector in progressing towards this stage of development. The second section offers a classification of services that led to establishing the category of knowledge-based services. The industries classified as knowledge-based services contribute directly to the creation, processing and distribution of knowledge throughout an economy. The following part presents a division of the EU member economies into four groups, depending on their advancement towards the knowledge-based economy as defined by two indices: the Knowledge Economy Index (KEI) and the Knowledge Index (KI). The study concluded on empirical verification of the significance of knowledge-based services within individual European economies. In a knowledge-based economy, where knowledge is the key factor in gaining a competitive advantage, it is just the services related to knowledge acquisition, distribution and creation that drive the economic growth. The development level of service activities classified as knowledge-based services largely determines the economy’s performance in knowledge creation, distribution and use. This is so because these activities directly contribute to the economy’s competitive advantage based on knowledge.

scholarly journals Service industries and construction: trends and view at a quality assessment

2019 ◽  
Vol 265 ◽  
pp. 07016
Author(s):  
Vladimir Okrepilov ◽  
Svetlana Kuzmina ◽  
Tatiana Lebedeva
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Quality Management Systems ◽  
Quality Of Work

This paper looks at the current issues of raising the quality of work in businesses of the service sector including to construction and transport. Options for classifying businesses of this sector are given, as well as a classification by the author. The peculiarities of work in these businesses are examined, along with the peculiarities of their work in the Northwestern District. The advantages of introducing quality management systems into these businesses are given. Furthermore, the interpretation of quality management principles as applied to the service industries and construction are looked at.

How Do Undergraduate Tourism Students Perceive the Service Quality in their Educational Institution? An Assessment Using the SERVQUAL Framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1076
Author(s):  
Kevin FUCHS
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Business World ◽  
Tourism Education

Tourism education is an important component and contributor to the tourism industry's global success, particularly as technology and innovation become more prevalent in the hospitality and tourism sectors around the world. Several studies have been conducted on student perceptions of tourism education and the tourism industry's long-term viability in the current and future environment. The importance of a capable, competent, passionate, and dedicated workforce in the service industries in general, and the tourism industry in particular, cannot be overstated. Related studies have also suggested that in the service sector, workers' optimistic attitudes about their work are critical for customer loyalty and satisfaction. Service quality and customer service are leading principles in the business world. Assessing educational service quality is important for encouraging and providing feedback on the effectiveness of educational plans and their execution as higher education institutions compete for competitive advantages and high service quality. In a number of universities, as well as further afield, monitoring student satisfaction with education quality has become an important part of the educational process. This study shows how to use the SERVQUAL system to measure student satisfaction in a more effective way.It entails the use of the SERVQUAL methodology to query and survey five factors related to student services. The proposed instrument was tested on 400 undergraduate tourism students at a large regional university in Thailand. The approach's utility in collecting tourism students' impressions, evaluating them, and reducing them to a form usable by management as an off-the-shelf service quality evaluation tool is demonstrated by rigorous study.

scholarly journals Two Perspectives on Preferences and Structural Transformation

2013 ◽  
Vol 103 (7) ◽  
pp. 2752-2789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berthold Herrendorf ◽  
Richard Rogerson ◽  
Ákos Valentinyi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Structural Transformation ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The United States ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Relative Prices ◽  
Income Effects ◽  
Output Structure ◽  
Price Effects

We assess the empirical importance of changes in income and relative prices for structural transformation in the postwar United States. We explain two natural approaches to the data: sectors may be categories of final expenditure or value added; e.g., the service sector may be the final expenditure on services or the value added from service industries. We estimate preferences for each approach and find that with final expenditure income effects are the dominant force behind structural transformation, whereas with value-added categories price effects are more important. We show how the input-output structure of the United States can reconcile these findings. (JEL E21, L16)

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