GEOG2205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Electronic Waste, Outsourcing, Colt New Service
Week 7
Rebecca Myers
Week 7 - New Service Economies
Fisher-Clark Thesis (1940s)
As a country increases in wealth it moves from primary to secondary to tertiary economic base.
3 sector division of economic activities
1. Primary (agriculture, mining) - extraction of raw materials
2. Secondary (manufacturing, industry, construction) - value-adding
3. Tertiary (services) - non-tradable as delivered on location
Services = Production and Consumption of intangible inputs and outputs (e.g., education, healthcare,
financial, tourism)
• Consumer
• Business
• Public services
Physical, spatial or temporal change of people, manufactured product and information
Dominate employment in developed world
Global change in services employment
Reasons for services growth
• Rising per capita income
• Growing demand for healthcare and education services
• Increasing complexity division of labour
• Growing size and role of public sector
• Increasing international trade in services
• Rapid growth in outsourcing service functions
Outsourcing Services
Outsourig: orgaisatio otratig ork to a 3rd part → a e doesti or aroad
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