Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura ,  Luis Rubalcaba ,  John R. Bryson ,  Juan R. Cuadrado Roura
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Weight:   0.585kg
ISBN:  

9781840646108

ISBN 10:   1840646101
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   27 March 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.

Table of Contents

Full Contents: Preface 1. The Relationship between Services and Globalisation Part I: Globalisation and Services: Concepts and Trends 2. Services in the Age of Globalisation: Explanatory Interrelations and Dimensions 3. The Globalisation of Services in Economic Theory and Economic Practice: Some Conceptual Issues 4. A Comparative Approach to the Internationalisation of Service Industries Part II: Global Trade, Global Investment and Global Management 5. EU Service Trade, with Particular Reference to Business and Professional Services 6. Transaction Modes and the Internationalisation of Business Service Firms in the Haute-Garonne 7. Internationalisation of Commercial Activities: Some Recent Theoretical Contributions and Empirical Evidence 8. ‘Trading’ Business Knowledge between Countries: Consultants and the Diffusion of Management Knowledge Part III: The Liberalisation of Service Trade – The GATS 9. Services Trade and Globalisation: Governmental Services and Public Policy Concerns 10. The Liberalisation of International Trade in Services: Issues of Competence and Legitimacy for the GATS – and the Impact of its Rules on Institutions 11. GATS 2000: The Issues at Stake, An EC Perspective 12. An American Policy Perspective on Service Trade: The Views of the Coalition of Service Industries on the United States Negotiating Objectives for Services at the Seattle WTO 13. Developing Countries and the GATS 2000 Round 14. A Real Single Market for Services? Index

Reviews

'Globalisation is a new phenomenon in our economic history. The way our service economy responds to this mega trend is largely unknown. This volume brings together a unique collection of original studies on trading services in a global economy. They all open up new horizons of refreshing insights in a complex phenomenon.'

'Globalisation is a new phenomenon in our economic history. The way our service economy responds to this mega trend is largely unknown. This volume brings together a unique collection of original studies on trading services in a global economy. They all open up new horizons of refreshing insights in a complex phenomenon.' -- Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands 'This is an outstanding compilation of new materials by some of the leading authors in this field. They demonstrate fundamental understanding of the issues and provide a penetrating perspective that can only be fully appreciated by those with a global viewpoint.' -- Kingsley E. Haynes, George Mason University, US

Author Information

Edited by Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura, Professor of Economics, The Service Activities Research Laboratory (Servilab), University of Alcalà, Luis Rubalcaba, Professor of Economics, University of Alcalá, Spain and John R. Bryson, Professor of Enterprise and Economic Geography, Department of Strategy and International Business, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions