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THE COMPUTER SERVICES INDUSTRY: RESTRUCTURING FOR A SINGLE MARKET
Author(s) -
GENTLE CHRIS,
HOWELLS JEREMY
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9663.1994.tb01342.x
Subject(s) - restructuring , dimension (graph theory) , business , market orientation , industrial organization , market economy , economic system , economics , marketing , finance , mathematics , pure mathematics
Abstract The size and strategic importance of computer services, in advanced industrial economies, including the European Community, continues to grow. As a reflection of its growth and deepening strategic importance, computer services have increasingly taken on a more international dimension, in turn losing its former national orientation. This article looks at recent developments in the European computer services industry, in particular at the restructuring taking place in response to the creation of the Single European Market. It attempts to reveal a number of major factors which will influence the reorganisation of the industry in the late 1990s and beyond.