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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Main Author: Bryson, J. R., 1963-
Contributors: Daniels, P. W., Warf, Barney, 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • Services worlds
  • Changing perspectives on the service economy
  • From networks to new forms of regulation
  • Service knowledge and the production process
  • The rise and role of producer services
  • Service work
  • Information and communications technology and services : opportunities and impacts
  • Consuming services : circuits of knowledge, stages and performances
  • Service spaces
  • Services and globalisation
  • Global services : from trade to Foreign direct investment
  • Service worlds revisited.