Business Services Industry

Fisher College of Business Puts New Focus on Service Sector.

AScribe Business & Economics News Service, September, 2004

Byline: Fisher College of Business, Ohio State

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University has announced the establishment of the Initiative for Managing Services (IMS), one of the first specialized programs at a major U.S. institution to focus on the growing dominance of the service sector in the U.S. economy.

Joseph Alutto, dean, Fisher College of Business, stated that the Initiative for Managing Services is vital to helping the college develop talented executives who will lead the service economy of the future.

"As jobs continue to shift from a manufacturing (goods-based) economy to one that is service-focused, the business environment will be radically different from what most...

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