Globalisation, information technology and the emergence of niche transnational cities: The growth of the call centre sector in Dublin

Geoforum

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 477-485

  Breathnach, Proinnsias ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dublin; Information and communications technologies (ICT); Niche transnational cities; Telephone call centres

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SERVICE SECTOR; URBAN ECONOMY; WORLD CITY;

IRELAND;

EID: 0033823074     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7185(00)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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