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This book provides one of the first interdisciplinary reviews of the relationship between services, globalisation and trade liberalisation as we enter the twenty-first century. Written by academics and policymakers, it contains a detailed analysis of the characteristics of service trade and of...
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This book examines the way in which the increasing internationalization of services, including the operation of multinationals in this sector, interacts with the process of innovation in services. The book challenges the theoretical traditions that have developed around the analysis of service...
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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...
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Three years after the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, economic growth has resurfaced across the world, but with significant variation. This timely book illustrates that although mature economies (the EU in particular) are still confronting sluggish economic performance,...
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This up-to-date and insightful book presents post-crisis scenarios for European regions with new methodologies and tools to support quantitative assessment and foresight. The aim is to develop regional forecasting methodologies and tools, appropriate to the regional-local scale but consistent...
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emerging global economy : the multinational solution -- 4. Globalization, economic restructuring and development -- 5. Regions …, globalization and the knowledge-based economy : the issues stated -- 6. Location and the multinational enterprise : a neglected … factor? -- 7. Globalization, technological change and the spatial organization of economic activity -- 8. Evaluating the …
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The current trend towards globalization is posing a substantial challenge to SME clusters to restructure and reach out … characterize the national industrial structure. They find that in the current climate of globalization, there is no best practice … demonstrate that over time SME clusters can evolve and that globalization can reshape their upgrading options by providing a …
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This book offers an important contribution to the contemporary debate on the role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in economic development in an increasingly globalizing, knowledge-intensive and alliance-based world economy
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globalization of the international economy …pt. 1. Global growth, inequality, saving, investment and indebtedness -- pt. 2. Regionalization and globalization of …
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The contributors to this volume explore the emerging patterns of SME growth and international expansion in response to the evolving competitive environment, dynamics of competitive behavior, entrepreneurial processes and formulation of strategy
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