Is a service economy sustainable without a value added manufacturing base?
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Not really, services only go so far.  Manufacturing must be part of the mix to have a healthy economy.
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In terms of economics for the consumer yes it is. \n\nWhy you are asking this I dont know though
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Yes, and no. Depends what type of market you enter.\n\nProf Borins have done some interesting research on innovation in govt, that can be applied to bussiness sector as well.
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A service marketing process differs from the traditional product marketing process in that the nature of services is very different from that of products.  Services are intangible, meaning they cannot be held or examined prior to use, they are inseparable, meaning the service cannot be separated from the service provider, and they cannot be "made in advance" of demand.  Thus, marketers not only want to stimulate demand for services, but they may want to influence when services are consumed.  If the service provider cannot meet the needs of their customers because they are simply to busy to do so, that means a loss of revenue that can never again be captured.  Services are more dependent on brand reputation than products are because they are totally dependent on the service provider, though, as they say in finance, "past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results."
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I can't provide you with an article, but I can provide you with some economic thoughts that may help answer your question:\n\n-This morning I did not want my teeth to rot, so I used toothpaste produced by Colgate....\n\nEconomic problem solved!\n\n-I was thirsty...I drank orange juice produced by Tropicana...\n\nEconomic problem solved!\n\n-I didn' want to walk all day barefoot...so I put on my Nike's...\n\nEconomic problem solved!\n\n-I didn't want to starve...so I ate a sandwich from Burger King...\n\nEconomic problem solved!\n\n-I watched a TV produced by Panasonic, surfed the net on a Dell, and drove a Toyota! \n\nEconomic problems were solved left and right!\n\nI can go on and on, but as you can see...the Marketplace and the Freedom to produce are wonderful things!
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economical reason-what else?
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one doing Business is being state of busyness,doing some transaction with a Aim to get some advantage out of that.\nadvantage may be cash or service any other form of favour except love.\n\nIndustrialisation is doing more produce.\n\nBusiness magnitude is propotioal to Industrialsation within a closed system provided no external input of products.
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No. They have more than they can look after now. ITS NOT THE LAND ITS THE ECONOMY AND THEY SHOULD DEVELOPE THEIR OWN.
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It's not it's just cheaper to outsource the labor. I'm not trying to state anything but a fact, services are better off being produced in this country while many industrial goods are made more cheaply overseas.
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There is no such thing as a fixed manufacturing cost.  The cost is always going to be in a state of flux depending on the raw material cost, shipping, labor, inventory, storage costs.
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The high quality and low cost of manufacturing goods...
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Technology feeds on itself. If the cost of automation increased, there would be no automation. The cost of automation decreases exponentially. Ta = Tb * ABS(n)
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Service Industry would be like people serving at banquets, helping people in some form of personal service.  Productive service, would be producing a product .... for instance producing an ambulance.  This ambulance from the Product services would then be used by people who perform service to people in need.  Make sense?
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Lowe's will always be a good business. If building slows there is always remodeling that needs to be done. Plus store expansion could fuel growth for years as ma and pop lumber companies go out of business.
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Sustainable Development is a process of developing (land, cities, business, communities, etc) that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" according to the Brundtland Report, a 1987 report from the United Nations. One of the factors which it must overcome is environmental degradation but it must do so while not forgoing the needs of economic development as well as social equity and justice.\n\nSeveral United Nations texts, most recently the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document, refer to the "interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars" of sustainable development as economic development, social development, and environmental protection.\n\nFor some, the issue is considered to be closely tied to economic growth and the need to find ways to expand the economy in the long term without using up natural capital for current growth at the cost of long term growth. For others, the concept of growth itself is problematic, as the resources of the Earth are finite.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_development
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Depends on the size of the factory, and what it's doing.  I'd have to imagine there would be a HUGE variance in cost among different factories.
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Unless it is something critically important to your business or life I'd say never. For the most part service upgrades and warranty extensions are wonderfully profitable to the provider and of little value to the consumer.