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The Geography of the Internet Industry: Venture Capital, Dot-Coms, and Local Knowledge
Contributor(s): Zook, Matthew (Author)

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 ISBN: 0631233318     ISBN-13: 9780631233312
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE: $118.70  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2005
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Annotation: This groundbreaking book analyses the geography of the commercial Internet industry during the dot-com boom. 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.

Contrary to the predictions of some futurologists, the book demonstrates the extraordinary spatial concentration of the industry and the continued relevance of geography to patterns of economic development in the twenty-first century.


Based on in-depth interviews and field work in two key areas - San Francisco Bay Area and New York City - Matthew Zook provides a lucid and theoretically-informed argument supported by appropriate evidence. His book will be of interest to all those concerned about inequalities arising or being perpetuated through unequal access to technology and the factors driving regional economic development.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science
Dewey: 338.470
LCCN: 2004019040
Series: Information Age
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (1.06 lbs) 216 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
 
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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.
 
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