Digital Work in the Planetary Market
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Digital Work in the Planetary Market, edited by Mark Graham and Fabian Ferrari
Digital Work in the Planetary Market
Edited by Mark Graham and Fabian Ferrari
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Graham, Mark, 1980– editor. | Ferrari, Fabian, editor.
Title: Digital work in the planetary market / edited by Mark Graham and Fabian Ferrari.
Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2022. | Series: The MIT Press-International
Development Research Centre series | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021037262 | ISBN 9780262543767 (paperback)
Subjects: LCSH: Employees—Effect of technological innovations on—Case studies. |
Industrial productivity—Effect of technological innovations on—Case studies. |
Electronic commerce—Case studies.
Classification: LCC HD6331 .D527 2022 | DDC 331.25—dc23/eng/20211208
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021037262