International Business Travel in the Global Economy

Professor Jonathan V. Beaverstock is Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Nottingham, UK. Dr Ben Derudder is Lecturer in Human Geography at Ghent University, Belgium. Dr James R. Faulconbridge is Lecturer in Economic Geography at Lancaster University, UK. Professor Frank Witlox is Professor of Economic Geography at Ghent University, Belgium

• Chapter 1 International Business Travel and the Global Economy, Jonathan V.Beaverstock, BenDerudder, JamesFaulconbridge, FrankWitlox; Part 1 Geographies and Modes of Business Travel; Chapter 2 A People Set Apart, John T.Bowen, Jr; Chapter 3 Geographies of Business Air Travel in Europe, BenDerudder, LommeDevriendt, Nathalie VanNuffel, FrankWitlox; Chapter 4 ‘Official’ and ‘Unofficial’ Measurements of International Business Travel to and from the United Kingdom, Jonathan V.Beaverstock, JamesFaulconbridge; Chapter 5 The ‘Bizjet Set’, LucyBudd, PhilHubbard; Part 2 Business Travel and Mobility Regimes; Chapter 6 Business Travel and Portfolios of Mobility within Global Companies, JohnSalt; Chapter 7 Hierarchies in the Air, JamesWickham, AlessandraVecchi; Chapter 8 ‘...Travelling, where the Opponents are’, SvenKesselring, GerlindeVogl; Part 3 The Production and Meaning of Business Travel; Chapter 9 Business Travel and Leisure Tourism, AharonKellerman; Chapter 10 Individual Rationalities of Global Business Travel, ClausLassen; Chapter 11 Understanding Mobility in Professional Business services, AndrewJones; Chapter 12 Face-to-Face by Travel or Picture – The Relationship between Travelling and Video Communication in Business Settings, Jon Martin DenstadliMattias Gripsrud;

'...provides a welcome contribution to the literature on international business travel by presenting a fascinating collection of chapters which give good insights into the diverse patterns, meaning and experience of international business travel.' Donald Hislop, Loughborough University Business School, UK 'First thoroughly comprehensive, theoretically-based and empirically-informed, analysis by researchers from a range of disciplines of a mode of production, business travel, that is both a symptom of, and a necessity for, the competitive success of the growing number of firms participating in international markets in an increasingly globalized economy.' Peter Daniels, University of Birmingham, UK 'By examining travellers' motives and economic issues linked to the global economy, as well as the business models of airline networks and aircrafts, this book paints a comprehensive and stimulating picture of international business travel. In a field that has, as yet, been little explored by research on mobility, this work will stand the test of time.' Vincent Kaufmann, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland 'In short, this book does a fantastic job of...documenting the geographies of global business travel. Moreover, it also helps us understand why it is crucial to know why these geographies are central to the operation of global capitalism and its role and impact on the firms and individuals engaged in this behavior.' Journal of Economic Geography 'International Business Travel in the Global Economy provides an up-to-date account of the current state of business-related air travel, as well as the industry's important historical trends and the broader sociological context under which such changes took place...Scholars of transport studies, especially air transport specialists, geographers, sociologists, and to a lesser extent, marketers of products and services to international business travellers, would find this volume both informative and insightfu