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E-grāmata: Geography of the Internet Industry: Venture Capital, Dot-coms, and Local Knowledge [Wiley Online]

(University of Kentucky)
  • Formāts: 216 pages
  • Sērija : Information Age Series
  • Izdošanas datums: 15-Mar-2005
  • Izdevniecība: Wiley-Blackwell
  • ISBN-10: 470774258
  • ISBN-13: 9780470774250
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  • Cena: 136,43 €*
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  • Formāts: 216 pages
  • Sērija : Information Age Series
  • Izdošanas datums: 15-Mar-2005
  • Izdevniecība: Wiley-Blackwell
  • ISBN-10: 470774258
  • ISBN-13: 9780470774250
This groundbreaking book analyses the geography of the commercial Internet industry. It presents the first accurate map of Internet domains in the world, by country, by region, by city, and for the United States, by neighborhood.

  • Demonstrates the extraordinary spatial concentration of the Internetindustry.
  • Explains the geographic features of the high tech venture capital behind the Internet economy.
  • Demonstrates how venture capitalists' abilities to create and use tacit knowledge contributes to the clustering of the internet industry
  • Draws on in-depth interviews and field work in San Francisco Bay Area and New York City.
List of Figures vi
List of Tables viii
List of Maps ix
Series Editor's Preface x
Acknowledgments xii
1 Uncovering the Geography of the Internet Industry 1(9)
2 Origins and Shape of the Internet 10(14)
3 Mapping the Internet Industry 24(16)
4 Economic Clusters, Knowledge Circulation, and Venture Capital 40(19)
5 Connecting Venture Capital to the Geography of the Internet Industry 59(18)
6 Finance and the Brokering of Knowledge 77(19)
7 Foundation for the Dot-corn Boom 96(15)
8 Panning for Digital Gold 111(22)
9 Dot-com Hangover? 133(23)
Appendix A: Measuring the Internet Industry 156(7)
Appendix B: Interview Methodology and Geographic Definitions 163(6)
Notes 169(13)
References 182(10)
Index 192


Matthew A. Zook is Visiting Research Fellow at the Public Policy Instititute of California and Assistant Professor in the Geography Department at the University of Kentucky.