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Services and the knowledge-based economy / edited by Mark Boden and Ian Miles.
Lippincott Library HD9980.5 .S417 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Science, technology, and the international political economy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Service industries--Technological innovations.
- Information technology.
- International trade.
- Service industries.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, 2000.
- Summary:
- In this pioneering book, leading researchers in the field investigate the reasons for the dramatic growth of the service sectors over the past two decades and the sudden emergence of the "knowledge economy" in advanced industrial societies.
- Drawing on material as diverse as macroeconomic statistics and firm-level case studies, this book will be of value to researchers and students of the modern industrial society and to those seeking to forge policies appropriate to the new context of economic development.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-282) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the S. M. Peck and Company Wharton School Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0826449522
- 0826449530
- OCLC:
- 43791187
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