Service industries and regional analysis. New directions and challenges

The service sector currently accounts for the largest share, both in terms of GDP and employment, of all developed economies, as well as many of the so-called emerging or developing ones. In spite of this, it has been the subject of far less research than manufacturing, although the situation has st...

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Published inInvestigaciones regionales no. 36; pp. 107 - 127
Main Author Cuadrado Roura, Juan R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Madrid Investigaciones Regionales 01.01.2016
Subjects
Digital technology
Digitization
Economic growth
Employment
Factores de crecimiento
GDP
Globalization
Gross Domestic Product
Growth factors
ICT and digitalization
Industrialized nations
Localización y concentración
Location and concentration
Productivity
Regions
Research agenda
Sector servicios
Service industries
Service sector
Studies
TIC y digitalización
Tourism
Trends
Una agenda para investigaciones
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Summary:The service sector currently accounts for the largest share, both in terms of GDP and employment, of all developed economies, as well as many of the so-called emerging or developing ones. In spite of this, it has been the subject of far less research than manufacturing, although the situation has started to change in the past three decades and it must be pointed out that some activities -such as finance, commerce, transport and those most closely linked to tourism- do have significant analytical literature. In any case, this sector is undergoing very notable changes deriving from new technologies and the progress of digitalization, as well as economic globalization, in which services are playing a particularly relevant role. These changes demand specific and in-depth analyses to explain their causes and to understand their spatial and territorial effects. The objective of this work is to underscore the need for greater research effort focusing on the regional and urban aspects of services, and to suggest certain facts and trends that seem particularly relevant. Undoubtedly, services should occupy a privileged position in the new frontiers of Regional and Urban Analysis. This work aims to justify that need and pose some topics of interest for new research.
ISSN:1695-7253
2340-2717