Table of Contents
Contents: Preface; International and regional dynamics of knowledge-based services, James W. Harrington and Peter W. Daniels. Part 1 Conceptualizing Knowledge-Based Services: Service worlds and the dynamics of economic spaces, Sam Ock Park; Knowledge intensive services and R&D diffusion: an input-output approach, José Camacho and Mercedes Rodriguez; Innovation and technological change in tourism: a global-local nexus, Christian Longhi. Part 2 Internationalisation of Service Firms: Spatial divisions of expertise and transnational 'service' firms: aerospace and management consultancy, John R. Bryson and Grete Rusten; Internationalisation of management consultancy services: conceptual issues concerning the cross-border delivery of knowledge intensive services, Joanne Roberts; The internationalisation of Europe's contemporary transnational executive search industry, Jonathan V. Beaverstock, Sarah J.E. Hall and James R. Faulconbridge; Internationalisation of Japanese professional business service firms: dynamics of competitiveness through urban localization in southeast Asia, Patrik Ström. Part 3 Knowledge-Based Services and Regional Development: Towards post-industrial transition and services society? Evidence from Turin, Paolo Giaccaria and Vincenzo Demetrio; Post-secondary education: education, training, and technology services, Hyungjoo Kim and James W. Harrington; Danish regional growth strategy in the marginal areas: regional partnership and initiative, Sang-Chul Park; Urban revival and knowledge-intensive services: the case of the English 'core cities', Peter Wood; Innovation activities of KIBS companies and spatial proximity: some empirical findings from Finnish new media and software companies, Jari Kolehmainen; Far away, so close? Regional clustering of mail order firms and related business services in the Lille Metropolitan area, Christian Schulz, H. Peter Dörrenbächer, Christine Liefooghe. Index.
