Service worlds : people, organisations and technologies / John R. Bryson, Peter W. Daniels and Barney Warf.
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 developm...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | 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 a student-friendly account of the diversity of the. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 286 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-277) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135131937 1135131937 9780203389676 0203389670 9781135132071 1135132070 9781135132002 1135132003 |