Globalization of Services : Some Implications for Theory and Practice
| Year of publication: |
2002
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| Authors: | Aharoni, Yair |
| Other Persons: | Nachum, Lilach (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Hoboken : Taylor and Francis |
| Subject: | Globalisierung | Globalization | Dienstleistungshandel | Trade in services | Welt | World | Unternehmensdienstleistung | Business services | Auslandsinvestition | Foreign investment | Multinationales Unternehmen | Transnational corporation | Theorie | Theory |
| Description of contents: |
This important book offers economists both a wealth of new source material and a fresh perspective on the modern global economy. It includes contributions from a wide range of international authors
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| Extent: | Online-Ressource (347 p) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Cover; Globalization of Services; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; 1 Introduction: setting the scene; PART I The globalization of service industries; 2 Foreign direct investment in services: trends and patterns; 3 Developing regulatory disciplines in professional services: the role of the World Trade Organization; PART II Theory; 4 FDI, the location advantages of countries and the competitiveness of TNCs: US FDI in professional service industries; 5 History and contingency in international accounting firms 6 The role of reputation in global professional business services7 The globalization of professional business service firms: fad or genuine source of competitive advantage?; 8 Enforcement and appropriation of music intellectual property rights in global markets; 9 International franchising: a network approach to FDI; 10 Knowledge creation and transfer in global service firms; PART III Case studies; 11 Global competition in industrial services: an analysis of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services; 12 International alliances in service business: the case of the airline industry 13 DHL Worldwide Express: providing just-in-time delivery services across customs borders in Central and Eastern Europe14 Globalization of hotel services: an examination of ownership and alliance patterns in a maturing service sector; 15 The search for core competencies in a service multinational: a case study of the French hotel Novotel; Index |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-22654-7 ; 978-0-203-46536-3 ; 978-0-415-22654-7 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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