Download or read book Knowledge-based Services, Internationalization and Regional Development written by James W. Harrington and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acquisition and management of information is central to the operation and marketing of many organizations. In this book, an international and interdisciplinary team of leading scholars examines the attributes of knowledge acquisition and diffusion within and across service-providing organizations, using a variety of case examples.