This change has been facilitated by unprecedented and unforeseen advances in computer and communication technology. As a result, the development of certain services is now regarded as one of the preconditions of economic growth, and not as one of its consequences. The boundary between goods and services is also disappearing.
Many industrial products are not only manufactured, but they are also researched, designed, marketed, advertised, distributed, leased and serviced. An important aspect of the “services revolution” is that geography and levels of industrialisation are no longer the primary determinants of the location of facilities for production of services.