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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779846903321

Autore

Fitzgerald Edmund B

Titolo

Globalizing customer solutions [[electronic resource] ] : the enlightened confluence of technology, innovation, trade, and investment

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, : Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000

ISBN

0-313-00149-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Disciplina

382

Soggetti

Competition, International

Information technology

International trade

Investments, Foreign

Technological innovations

Technological innovations-- Economic aspects

Technological innovations - Economic aspects

Information technology - Economic aspects

Business & Economics

Economic History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction and the Global Economic Metrics; Globalization The New Paradigm; Technology and Innovation; International Trade; Trade Distortions; Multilateral versus Alternative Trade Practices; The World Trade Organization; Foreign Direct Investment; FDI Who Needs It Almost Everyone; FDI and Developing Nations Risks and Jurisdictions; FDI and Developing Nations Technology and Finance; Operation; Reflections; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work examines contemporary global economic metrics, showing the influence of the globalization paradigm, and explores how that paradigm has been driven by the enlightened confluence of technology, innovation, trade, and FDI.