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Autore |
Klimek Artur |
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Offshoring of white-collar services : Business and economic perspective / / Artur Klimek |
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Berlin/Boston, : De Gruyter, 2020 |
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Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2020] |
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©2020 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (X, 181 p.) |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Past developments and recent trends in offshoring of white-collar services -- 2 Conceptualisation of advanced business services and offshoring -- 3 Theory of offshoring of advanced business services -- 4 Business perspective on offshoring of white-collar jobs -- 5 New trends in advanced business services -- 6 Global perspective on advanced business services -- 7 Host country perspective - focus on Central and Eastern European economies -- 8 Policy implications -- Concluding remarks -- References -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is one of the few books on the market dealing with offshoring of professional services, a dynamic phenomenon of high relevance in the global economy. The market for offshore services is worth more than 1 trillion dollars annually and employs millions of people. Global offshoring of services has been recently undergoing a profound transformation due to automation and robotisation of tasks. It can be associated with the increased codifi cation of knowledge, commoditisation of services and advancement in technology. The global perspective has been supplemented by a detailed analysis of offshoring in Central and Eastern Europe. It witnesses a dynamic |
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