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A research manifesto for services science

Published: 01 July 2006 Publication History

Abstract

The services sector has grown over the last 50 years to dominate economic activity in most advanced industrial economies, yet scientific understanding of modern services is rudimentary. Here, we argue for a services science discipline to integrate across academic silos and advance service innovation more rapidly.

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Services science
July 2006
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