International business travel in the global economy / edited by Jonathan V Beaverstock ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beaverstock, Jonathan V.

Series:

Transport and mobility series.

Transport and mobility

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business travel.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From a team of international experts comes this analysis of the role, nature and effects of modern business travel. Issues addressed include the relationships between airlines and business travellers, the role of mobility in business, and the opportunities and challenges created by mobile workforces. The study combines theoretical advances with comprehensive analysis, and will provoke debate across the social sciences on the nature, organization and space of work in the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Foreword: Business Travel in the Global Economy; 1 International Business Travel and the Global Economy: Setting the Context; Part 1 Geographies and Modes of Business Travel; 2 A People Set Apart: The Spatial Development of Airline Business Class Services; 3 Geographies of Business Air Travel in Europe; 4'Official' and 'Unofficial' Measurements of International Business Travel to and from the United Kingdom: Trends, Patterns and; 5 The 'Bizjet Set': Business Aviation and the Social Geographies of Private Flight

Part 2 Business Travel and Mobility Regimes6 Business Travel and Portfolios of Mobility within Global Companies; 7 Hierarchies in the Air: Varieties of Business Air Travel; 8'... Travelling, where the Opponents are': Business Travel and the Social Impacts of the New Mobilities Regimes; Part 3 The Production and Meaning of Business Travel; 9 Business Travel and Leisure Tourism: Comparative Trends in a Globalizing World; 10 Individual Rationalities of Global Business Travel; 11 Understanding Mobility in Professional Business Services

12Face-to-Face by Travel or Picture - The Relationship between Travelling and Video Communication in Business SettingsIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-58932-X

1-317-11436-1

1-282-45431-5

9786612454318

0-7546-9869-6

9781315589329

OCLC:

609852947