Information-intensive services are being globally disaggregated as corporations respond to the pressures of increasing global competition, and take advantage of the opportunities made available by the progress of information technology and the emerging global work force. In order to globally...

AbstractThe following sections are included:SummaryIntroductionAn Overview of Trade in ServicesA brief historyGATS and a framework for services tradeCurrent trends in services tradeRise of Trade in Information-Intensive Services: Some Intuitively Plausible ExplanationsU.S. Trade in...