Producer services industries: why are they growing so rapidly?
The causes of the significant post–World War II growth in service-producing industries have yet to be identified. One explanation that has been offered is that manufacturing companies are increasingly attempting to cut overhead by turning to companies that specialize in service activities, but this...
| Published in: | Monthly Labor Review Vol. 110; pp. 31 - 41 |
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US Department of Labor
December 1987
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