Abstract
Service is a fundamental activity of human beings. It existed from old days since they live collectively. The necessary medium to organize a good society is friendly mutual help among members, which is essential for humans to survive by making a group or society compensating humans’ weakness. Service is a typical mutual help which decides the shape of society. So, we must notice that service has been a basic activity of human beings through long history and the ability of servicing is a fundamental attribute of human beings for their survival.
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Yoshikawa, H. (2013). Service Innovation in the Age of Sustainability. In: Shimomura, Y., Kimita, K. (eds) The Philosopher's Stone for Sustainability. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32847-3_1
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