Michael
I would be interested in 'New economy, new myth'
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Dear all
If anyone would like to write a short book review (approx. 800 words) on either
of the following books for the Service Industries Journal, then please drop
me a line. You would of course be able to keep the book in the usual manner, and
would have approximately two months in which to complete the review:
Jean Gadrey (2003), New Economy, New Myth?, Routledge, London
Marcela Miozzo and Ian Miles (2002, eds) Internationalization, Technology And
Services, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
Further detail on the books are given below.
Best wishes
Neil
Dr. Neil Coe, Book Reviews Editor
The Service Industries Journal
School of Geography
University of Manchester
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Gadrey (2003):
The 'new economy' has been criticised greatly of late, and after the
speculation and hype that surrounded the internet bubble, this is hardly
surprising. This book, first published in French and updated here, however
treats the 'new economy' as a discourse - one that is often misleading. In
order to understand what happened during the internet bubble and the fuss
that surrounded it, a central element - intellectual speculation - needs
to be understood. New Economy, New Myth treats this speculation as a form
of 'ultra-free-market' thinking. According to this line of thought, the
internet and the digital revolution are acting as a sort of Trojan horse
in spreading market deregulation across the globe. With so much having
been written about the new economy, this book employs a mixture of
academic rigour and readable prose and comes as a welcome relief. It will
be an intriguing reading to those interested in the internet bubble - and
the hyperbole that surrounded it.
Contents:
Acknowledgements, Preface to the English Language Edition, Introduction,
1. The new economy: Back to the roots 2. Beyond the limits of maximum
growth 3. New technologies, new growth? 4. The new employment: Services
and flexibility 5. Market diversity and regulation 6. The limits of the
market 7. New modes of governance for firms and financial markets,
Postface
Internationalization, Technology And Services
Edited by Marcela Miozzo and Ian Miles
This book examines the way in which the increasing internationalization of
services, including the operation of multinationals in this sector, interacts with the
process of innovation in services. The book challenges the theoretical traditions
that have developed around the analysis of service innovation and
internationalization, and argues for a new research agenda. The distinguished
contributors address many of the most pertinent issues and adopt a variety of
theoretical and empirical approaches to enrich the debates.
Contents: Introduction Part I: Innovation and Internationalization of Services:
Conceptual Issues Part II: Technology and Trade and Foreign Investment in
Services: A Statistical Appraisal Part III: International Service Multinationals and the
Location of Production and Innovation Activity Part IV: Internationalization and
Innovation: The Challenge for Countries and Regions
Contributors: P. Baker, N.M. Coe, D. Gago-Saldaņa, A. Henten, G. Ietto-Gillies, P.
Mallampally,
I. Miles, M. Miozzo, S. Randles, J. Roberts, L. Rubalcaba-Bermejo, B. Tether, M.
Toivonen, T. Vad,
Z. Zimny
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