This book presents recent research directions that address management in the information economy. The contributors include leading researchers with interests in a diverse set of topics who highlight important areas and point to some important topics for future research. The book begins with...

Most of the large economies in the world are dominated by services, in that services compose more than 50% of their GDP. Even in India, where most of the employment (60%) is in agriculture, services contributed just over 60% of the GDP in 2005. An exception is China, where the industrial sector...