The travel agency industry plays an essential role in Canada's tourism industry, and has ripple effects on other sectors of the Canadian economy. This article presents 1997 data on the industry's general characteristics, revenue and cost structure, client base, marketing methods, and trade patterns.

This article examines how food service providers and food stores competed for Canadians' food dollars in the 1990s, and how this intense competition affected both industries. The article outlines some reasons for changes in both the demand for, and supply of, each industry's outputs. It also...

Canadahas a service economy and R&D in Canda is mainly a service sector activity. This paper examines the sectoral distribution of expenditure on R&D performance, with emphasis on the business sector in Cnada and with international comparisons. The principal observation is the key role played by...

This article offers a descriptive historical overview of changes in employment and remuneration in the services sector during the 1984-1997 period. Changes in full-time employment, part-time employment, self-employment, and average wages and salaries are noted.

We present an optimal-control model where tipping behavior creates reputation that affects future service. Tipping and reputation can evolve in four path prototypes: converging to an interior equilibrium; converging to minimum tips and reputation; and two prototypes that start differently but...

This study, using novel establishment-level microdata from the Energy Consumption Statistics, empirically analyzes the effect of urban density on energy intensity in the service sector. According to the analysis, the efficiency of energy consumption in service establishments is higher for...

Service sector has played an important role in the growth and development process of the Malaysian economy. The greater presence of the service sector in the Malaysian economy is indeed in line with the growth transformation that has taken place in many of the developed economies in which the...

The business services sector has become increasingly important in the Australian economy. The strong growth in its output and employment has been largely driven by demand for the professional, scientific and technical inputs that firms in this sector provide to other businesses. This, in turn,...

Capital budget constrained foreign expansion model with multi-site locations may have far-reaching implications for the service sectors. This paper aims to present a foreign expansion model with multi-site locations, which is capable of optimizing the commodity pricing and capital investment...