Unemployment in Europe has reached 10% as this was prepared, and it is over 10% in the United States at the same time. How has the service economy been related to the current global recession? That is the focus of this paper. Much has been written about the impact of the structural shift to...

The recession that began in January 2008 was the deepest business downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. This recession has been referred to as The Great Recession due to its severity and the length of its duration. As the U.S. economy has experienced a shift in its industrial...

There is a service industry research imperative or necessity. This paper argues that this imperative is multidimensional, with micro- or firm-level research needs, macro- or regional research needs, and opportunities for examination of clusters of service industries. These research imperatives...