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The term “service sector” refers to an economic sector that, unlike agriculture and industry, produces no goods, but provides a service that satisfies a need. Education, health, finance, government, transportation, and trade are service sectors. The statistics show the gross value-added in Germany in the years from 1991 to 2018 by economic sector. The gross value-added in the service sectors in 2018 was around 2068.18 billion euros (Rudnika 2018).
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Helmold, M. (2020). Lean Management in the Service Industry. In: Lean Management and Kaizen. Management for Professionals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46981-8_16
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