Service activities are now acknowledged as key players in economic development, societal change and public policy worldwide. This exciting Handbook not only contributes to ongoing conceptual debates about the nature of service-led economies and societies; it also pushes back the frontiers of...

Competitive European Peripheries, H. Eskelinen and F. Snickars (Eds), Springer Verlag, Heidelberg (1995). viii + 267 pp. No price given. ISBN 3 540 60211 9. An Enlarged Europe: Regions in Competition? S. Hardy, M. Hart, L. Albrechts and A. Katos (Eds), Jessica Kingsley, London (1995). 342 pp....

Few studies exist of the role of business and professional services (BPS) in second city regions that have experienced significant levels of deindustrialisation. The case for enhancing our understanding of the dynamics of BPS firms in the economy of a second city suggests that it is timely to...