Special Issue: Entrepreneurship in Service Industries
Service Industries Journal (Taylor & Francis)
Guest Editors: Professor Domingo Ribeiro and Professor Salvador Roig
<st1:place><st1:city>University of Valencia</st1:city>, <st1:country-region>SPAIN</st1:country-region></st1:place>
Issue 1, volume 29 will be devoted to the study of entrepreneurship in service industries around the world. Today, it is widely recognised that the success and vitality of the service sector are essential factors in measuring an economy's progress, its quality and its future expectations. It not only improves competitiveness in every national market, but also indicates growth at the global level, consolidating competitiveness in advanced economies and assuring social welfare in less economically developed countries. The service sector is the only area which has continued to grow and create new employment over the past two decades on a worldwide scale, while industry and agriculture have suffered a decline in activity with a sharp drop in employment figures. In <st1:place>Europe</st1:place>, the service sector has become a strategic sector of the European Union's new Employment Policy. European policy does not merely put emphasis on services as a means of stimulating the economy, but as a key factor in creating wealth. In the <st1:country-region><st1:place>United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>, service sectors, especially knowledge-intensive industries, have become the core strength of the economy. The Service sector represents 80% of the activity in the <st1:country-region><st1:place>USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> while in <st1:place>Europe</st1:place> 65% of jobs are related to this sector. Service sector activity is constantly growing.
Articles in this special issue would examine concerns faced by international communitiesfrom a comprehensive range of areas (coverage): economics of the service sector, business, operations, human resources, organizational design, information systems, quality, tourism, strategy and management, marketing, global issues in service sectors, innovation and technology. Authors share their experiences in developing, implementing, and evaluating their entrepreneurial decisions and strategies and explore not only the latest research and methodologies in the field, but also examine the theoretical and managerial implications, and future research opportunities in service industries. New theories, technological advancements, investigations and the most relevant up-to-date case studies based upon the utmost academic rigour form the cornerstone of the issue's aims and objectives. It is likely to become essential literature for managers, executives, academics, researchers, students in business, consultants and practitioners, focusing on both the profit and non-profit areas of the service industries.
The special issue would cover the relationship between service industries and entrepreneurship including both conceptual and empirical papers, leading to an improvement in the understanding of global service industrial perspectives of the entrepreneurship concerned. Practice-oriented papers and teaching-oriented papers are welcome, as well as case studies of successful firms that have important practical implications. Also included will be original papers which contribute to the advancement of the field of management and business and the interface between service industries and entrepreneurship, as well as articles on government economic policy.
Researchers interested in publishing in this special issue on entrepreneurship in service industries should send the manuscripts to the Guest Editors, Professor Domingo Ribeiro, at domingo.ribeiro@uv.es, or to Professor Salvador Roig, at salvador.roig@uv.es. The full paper is due no later than May 31, 2007. Please clearly identify your submission in the email subject line, SIJ-Entrepreneurship in Service Industries-Special Issue. All papers will go through the regular double-blind review process to ensure its relevance and quality, and must follow the SIJ Style Guidelines (see this attachment). This special issue will be published in January, 2009.