Islands of globalisation: Offshore services and the changing spatial divisions of labour

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 884-902

  Kleibert, Jana Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Enclaves; Offshoring; Services Philippines; Special economic zones

Indexed keywords

CALL CENTER; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENCLAVE; GLOBALIZATION; INVESTMENT; LABOR DIVISION; OUTSOURCING; SKILLED LABOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84929018261     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a140119p     Document Type: Article

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