Services is now the dominant sector in the American economy. The growth of the services sector, to surpass the manufacturing sector, which had previously surpassed the agriculture sector, was not accomplished by means of the undeveloped industries in it; the growth of the service sector was accomplished by the growth of the developing industries within it.
Some of the huge service industries are a mixture of developed and undeveloped components. Tourism and travel industries, for example, have both very advanced, developed businesses, and very limited, underdeveloped businesses.
Note again that the distinction between developed and undeveloped is not the level of success or scale but rather the approaches and methods employed. The tiniest and least successful businesses in some instances can be far more developed than far larger and more successful, for the moment, businesses which are using arcane, outmoded approaches and methods.
A developed industry is one with a significant component of developed businesses. An undeveloped industry is one which is almost entirely composed of undeveloped businesses.
Other services industries which are developed to a high degree include hospitality, health care, insurance, finance, entertainment, legal, communications, and several others.
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