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<p>Using <a href="page.php?w=resource">resource</a>s, skill, ingenuity, and experience, service providers give benefit to service consumers. Services may be defined as <a href="page.php?w=Intangible_good">intangible</a> acts or performances whereby the service provider provides value to the customer.</p>

<p><big>Characteristics</big></p>
<p>Services have three characteristics:</p>

<p><big>Intangibility</big></p>
<p>Services are by definition <a href="page.php?w=intangible_goods">intangible</a>. They are not manufactured, transported or stocked. Unlike with <a href="page.php?w=durable_goods">durable goods</a>,</p><p>
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