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Tertiary sector

In economics, the tertiary sector (also known as the service sector) is the economic sector which comprises the provision of services as opposed to the manufacture of finished goods. Services (also known as "intangible goods") include attention, advice, access, experience and affective labour.

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Tertiary sector

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Edges43
Triples28
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
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Tertiary sector

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related to Difficulty of definition · 12
Tertiary sector → Economic Activities, European Community, Industrial Classification, It, NACE, NAICS, North American Industrial Classification, Statistical Classification, System, These, To, United Nations' International Standard
related to Theory of progression · 8
Tertiary sector → Economies, For, In, Kenichi Ohmae, The, This, United Kingdom, Western
related to External links · 4
Tertiary sector → Media, Tertiary, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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services service sector goods tertiary also economic may classification systems economy often intangible people now known provision manufacturing providers economics

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the United Nations' International Standard Industrial Classificationinstance ofone can use a classification system0.80text
the North American Industrial Classification Systeminstance ofone can use a classification system0.80text
the Global Industry Classification Standardinstance ofmarket-based classification systems0.80text
the Industry Classification Benchmark are used to classify businesses that participate in the service sectorinstance ofmarket-based classification systems0.80text
Tertiary sectorrelated to Difficulty of definitionIt0.60section
Tertiary sectorrelated to Difficulty of definitionTo0.60section
Tertiary sectorrelated to Difficulty of definitionUnited Nations' International Standard0.60section
Tertiary sectorrelated to Difficulty of definitionIndustrial Classification0.60section
Tertiary sectorrelated to Difficulty of definitionNorth American Industrial Classification0.60section
Tertiary sectorrelated to Difficulty of definitionSystem0.60section
Tertiary sectorrelated to Difficulty of definitionNAICS0.60section
Tertiary sectorrelated to Difficulty of definitionStatistical Classification0.60section

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