Europe and developing countries in the globalised information economy : employment and distance education /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge : Published in association with UNU Press, 1999.
Description:	xvii, 245 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	UNU/INTECH studies in new technology and development. 9
Subject:	Telecommunication -- European Union countries -- Congresses. Telecommunication -- Developing countries -- Congresses. Electronic commerce -- European Union countries -- Congresses. Electronic commerce -- Developing countries -- Congresses. Contracting out -- European Union countries -- Congresses. Labor supply -- Developing countries -- Congresses. Offshore assembly industry -- Developing countries -- Congresses. Distance education -- European Union countries -- Congresses. Distance education -- Developing countries -- Congresses. Contracting out. Distance education. Electronic commerce. Labor supply. Offshore assembly industry. Telecommunication. Developing countries. Europe -- European Union countries. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4221516

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Other authors / contributors:	Mitter, Swasti, 1939- Bastos, Maria Ines.
ISBN:	041519704X (cloth)
Notes:	"A collection of papers ... presented at the workshop ... held in Maastricht on 17-19 October, 1996"--Introd. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

List of tables
List of figures
List of contributors
Introduction
Part I. Information revolution and the new modes of employment and work organisation
1. Is Asia the destination for 'runaway' information processing work? Implications for trade and employment
2. Beyond anecdotes: on quantifying the globalisation of information processing work
A non-European counterpoint
3. Trade in software services: from international trade to teletrade. The case study of Tata Consultancy Services in India
4. Telebanking: breaking the logic of spatial and work organisation
5. Call centres and the prospects for export-oriented work in the developing world: evidence from Western Europe
A non-European counterpoint
6. The globalised information society and its impact on the Europe-Maghreb relationship
7. Innovation and competitiveness in complex product systems: the case of mobile phone systems
A non-European counterpoint
8. The South African mobile phone system
Part II. Learning with telematics in the globalised information society
9. Europe and developing countries in the emerging on-line education market
10. Lifelong learning policies in a new technological era
A non-European counterpoint
11. Productive two-way collaboration between technologically developed and developing countries in new technologies for education
12. Testing technology for tele-education: pilot projects at KPN in The Netherlands
A non-European counterpoint
13. The Brazilian 'TELECURSO 2000': an experience with applications of communications technologies to vocational and continuous education
14. Technologies for distance education in developing countries
15. KIDLINK - a global network for youth
A non-European counterpoint
16. Distance education in Latin America at the technology cross-roads
Conclusions
Index

Europe and developing countries in the globalised information economy : employment and distance education /

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