Service-oriented Economy and the Socio-economic Space of Service Trade

No industry covers more various types of activity than the service industry. A reason why so many service activities exist is the tendency for new economic activity, which is difficult to classify, to be classified into the service industry. Another reason is that any emerging activity in modern present society essentially has a service-oriented element to some degree. Professional knowledge and technology that is highly tied to service and supplied from service industries are needed to increase the quality of everyday life and the productivity of production, because people and firms find it difficult to achieve these ends by themselves. Advanced countries are highly based on the service-oriented economy, and the percentage of employees working in service sector has gradually increased. All industries including the service industry are located in specific places and have developed spatially. Service activity especially influenced by the condition of place and space results in useful effects and attains high outcome. High quality service is supplied by a person having both talent and access to good professional technology based on resources such as the natural environment, built environment, equipment, and tools. Geography, which is the study of place and space, should be concerned with examining service activity from a spatial point of view. Services closely related to contemporary life and production systems are one of the main themes or subjects of geography studies. A service space is defined as a place where a service is traded between supplier and consumer. A specific service is supplied at the specific place to improve the conditions that either people, machines, or the system are facing. The nature of service is to effect improvement, and enhanced productivity improves both mind and body. Emotional and spiritual hospitality as well as knowledge, information, and technology are especially needed when supplying personal services. Collaboration between supplier and consumer is important to obtain the expected desirable outcome