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SERVICE WORLDS IBD

ROUTLEDGE
11 / 2003
9780415247863
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Sinopsis

As the twenty-first century begins, significant changes are occurring in the way that services and goods are produced and consumed. One of the key drivers of this change is information and communications technology (ICT). It has transformed the role of space and time in patterns of economic development, in the rise of globalization and in the scale and structure of organizations. ICT has therefore accelerated the process of continual change and evolution that is the hallmark of both the capitalist economy and of organizations. Giving aástudent-friendly accountáof the diversity of theoretical perspectives, thisáoutstanding bookáaidsáunderstanding the evolving economic geography of advanced capitalist economies. A series of detailed firm and employeesâÇÖ case studies from Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific, are used to inform useful theoretical case studies, whicháalso investigate the significance of increased blurring of the lines between services and manufacturing functions in the production and consumption process.

PVP
440,55