Internationalization

"THE INTERNATIONALIZATION of services is at the very core of economic globalization. Service industries provide links between geographically dispersed economic activities and thus play a fundamental role in the growing interdependence of markets and production activities across nations. Moreover, many services considered nontradable only a few years ago are now being traded actively, as advances in information technology (IT) expand the boundaries of tradability. As technological progress further reduces communication costs, trade in services is expected to continue to expand briskly."

The Impact of the Internationalization of Services on Developing Countries
http://www.worldbank.org/fandd/english/0396/articles/070396.htm