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Working smart and small : the role of knowledge-based and service industries in growth strategies for small states
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Qureshi, Mahvash Saeed, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sevice industries--Government policy.
- Sevice industries.
- States, Small--Economic conditions.
- States, Small.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (159 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] Commonwealth Secretariat 2008
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Small states face serious challenges for development due to their size, remoteness and vulnerability. This work suggests how small states can reposition themselves in the global economy and move into knowledge-based and service industries. It provides an overview of factors constraining the development of services sector and trade in services.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The importance of services for small states. Being small : old and new challenges ; Opportunities for small states ; Performance and trends of services and knowledge-based industries in small states ; Developing trade in services : a framework
- Country case studies on developing trade in services in small states. Botswana ; Mauritius ; St. Lucia ; Singapore ; United Arab Emirates ; Vanuatu
- Conclusions and implications.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-85624-X
- 9786611856243
- 1-84859-005-9
- OCLC:
- 441712693
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