The Geography of the Internet Industry - Matthew Zook

The Geography of the Internet Industry

Venture Capital, Dot-coms, and Local Knowledge

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Buch | Softcover
224 Seiten
2005
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-0-631-23332-9 (ISBN)
48,55 inkl. MwSt
Presents the map of Internet domains in the world, by country, by region, by city, and for the United States, by neighborhood. This book demonstrates the spatial concentration of the Internet industry. It demonstrates how venture capitalists' abilities to create and use tacit knowledge contributes to the clustering of the internet industry.
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.

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.

List of Figures. List of Tables.

List of Maps.

Series Editor's Preface.

Acknowledgments.

1 Uncovering the Geography of the Internet Industry.

2 Origins and Shape of the Internet.

3 Mapping the Internet Industry.

4 Economic Clusters, Knowledge Management and Venture Capital.

5 Connecting Venture Capital to the Geography of the Internet Industry.

6 Finance and the Brokering of Knowledge.

7 Foundation for the Dot-com Boom.

8 Panning for Digital Gold.

9 Dot-com Hangover?.

Bibliography.

Appendix A – Measuring The Internet Industry.

Appendix B – Interview Methodology and Geographic Definitions.

Notes.

References.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.3.2005
Reihe/Serie Information Age Series
Verlagsort Hoboken
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 327 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Web / Internet
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Wirtschaftsinformatik
ISBN-10 0-631-23332-6 / 0631233326
ISBN-13 978-0-631-23332-9 / 9780631233329
Zustand Neuware
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