Time zones, communication networks, and international trade / / Toru Kikuchi

• Autore: Kikuchi Tōru <1968->
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 382.01
• Soggetto topico: Communication in international trade; Time and economic reactions; International trade; Business logistics; Business enterprises - Communication systems
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Preliminaries -- pt. 2. Communications networks and time zones -- pt. 3. Network effects and switching costs -- pt. 4. Cost heterogeneity and trade.
• Sommario/riassunto: Advances in digital technology have driven large decreases in the costs of data transfer and telecommunications. There is a consequent increase in many kinds of international trade. One of the fastest-growing parts of this industry is ""remote maintenance"" whereby Indian companies debug software for companies in other parts of the world, often taking advantage of time zone differences to offer overnight service. In the existing literature on trade theory, however, relatively few attempts have been made to address the theme of communications networks and the role of time zones
• Titolo autorizzato: Time zones, communication networks, and international trade
• ISBN: 1-283-15133-2; 9786613151339; 1-136-80557-5; 0-203-82802-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461319103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; ; 90.