Industry 4.0 and its impact in the manufacturing sector are well documented. However, the service sector is understudied, and it is also facing the challenges of mass customization, digital enhancement, smart work environment, and efficient supply chain. The aim of this study is to fill this research gap by exploring the issues of Industry 4.0 in the service sector, with cases in the hospitalit...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence and prevalence of hearing loss for noise-exposed U.S. workers by industry sector and 5-year time period, covering 30 years. METHODS Audiograms for 1.8 million workers from 1981-2010 were examined. Incidence and prevalence were estimated by industry sector and time period. The adjusted risk of incident hearing loss within each ...

As a result of rapid economic growth and increased influence of globalization in international trade activities, intra-industry trade (IIT) becomes prominent across Asia including Malaysia. Free trade agreements and creations of free trade areas have encourage increased cross border investments through production networking as well as fragmentation of production, especially in manufacturing sec...

Purpose – This paper considers the requirements for an industry sector approach to entrepreneurship education – The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Sector. We present a modified Process Framework for Entrepreneurship Education focusing specifically on ICT. The primary components of the Process Framework are described (inputs, process and content, assessment and outputs) to assis...

In this essay the situation of petroleum knowledge creation and dissemination in Iran oil industry and its technological capabilities have been investigated. This configuration and trend has been studied by a documentary method and content analysis of the scientific articles that published in  a distinguished  journal of Iran oil industry  and so the related structures during  1979-1908.the res...

This paper analyses the growth and spatial evolution of the Danish IT sector during the upswing in the 1990s. The IT sector employment and the number of firms have more than doubled during a decade, but the evolution indicate a ‘non random’ clustering of the industry around the larger urban areas. The paper focuses on dominant forces in shaping the growth and spatial evolution of the industry a...

In a modern economy each branch of economic activity is inter-linked with other branches of activity. Measuring any one sector of an economy therefore usually involves drawing more or less arbitrary boundaries around that sector. This problem is particularly acute in relation to the food industry. Varying definitions of that industry are in common usage, so that any attempt to measure the size ...