Despite growing research interest in the internationalisation of professional service firms, little research has investigated the implications of home market business positioning for network positioning in professional service firm internationalisation strategy. This paper develops theory in the service industries by investigating strategic positioning in professional service firm international...

We provide firm-level evidence concerning four key facts of services trade in Germany. First, not only firms classified as service firms, but also firms from all industries export and import services. Second, service trade patterns are fairly similar to those in goods trade. Most notably, service trade is dominated by a few large firms that serve many countries, sell several service products, a...

Excerpt] Compared to other industries, the service and hospitality industries employ a greater proportion of low-skill and part-time employees. Those workers generally earn less pay than do skilled or full-time workers. Thus, the hospitality industry's supposed low pay may actually reflect the low-skill nature of much of the work and perhaps mask pockets of highly paid positions. For this reaso...

Sec. 2530.200a Scope. 2530.200a–1 Relationship of the Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. 2530.200a–2 Treasury regulations for purposes of the Act. 2530.200a–3 Labor regulations for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. 2530.200b–1 Computation periods. 2530.200b–2 Hour of service. 2530.200b–3 Determination of service to be credited to employees. 2530.200b–4 One-year break in ser...

This research compared ratings of task performance and contextual performance from three different sources: self, peer, and supervisor. Participants were service industry employees in the service industries in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. A Sample of 146 employees and 40 supervisors   from the service industries provided ratings of task performance and contextual performance. The results indicated th...