Latin America's emergence in global services
Subtitle: a new driver of structural change in the region?
By: René A. Hernández [and five others], editors
Contributors: United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Series: ECLAC books -- 121; Libros de la CEPAL -- 121.
Publisher: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); United Nations Publications
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Santiago, Chile
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9789211218442; 9789210560214
Subjects: Contracting out; Congresses; International business enterprises; International economic relations; Globalization; Economic conditions
Notes: "LC/G.2599-P"--Title page verso.

"United Nations publication Sales No. E.14.II.G.8"--Title page verso.

"The book contains a selection of the papers presented at the conference 'Offshore Services in Global Value Chains: New Drivers of Structural Change in Latin America and the Caribbean?,' held in Santiago on 18 and 19 October 2012"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: International service tradability : understanding the offshoring of services / Pierre-Yves Leo, Jean Philippe; title: National innovation systems and learning, upgrading and innovation in services GVCs : lessons from India, Ireland and Eastern Europe / Paulina Ramirez; title: When SMEs think about delocalization : theoretical issues / Martine Boutary, Marie-Christine Monnoyer; title: Promotion policies for services offshoring : global analysis and lessons for Latin America / Andrés López, Andrés Niembro, Daniela Ramos; title: The Colombian outsourcing and offshoring industry : the effects of institutions and agglomeration economies / Nir Kshetri, Marleny Cardona, Hugo Díaz, Suelen Castiblanco; title: Service multinationals in Costa Rica's free trade zone and their linkages to local suppliers / Juan José Flores Saénz; title: Information technology enabled services in Chile : a new export niche? / Francisco Rivera von Hagen, Osvaldo Marinao, Nanno Mulder; title: Scientific-technical services for the pharmaceutical industry in Mexico / María de los Ángeles Pozas; title: Winning through specialization : the role of the business model in value creation / Fábio Neves da Rocha, Dimária Silva e Meirelles.