The Geography of the Internet Industry
Matthew Zook
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Description for The Geography of the Internet Industry
Hardcover. 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. Series: Information Age Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: KNTX; RGCM; RGL; RGS; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Information Age Series
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631233312
SKU
V9780631233312
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Matthew Zook
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.
Reviews for The Geography of the Internet Industry
“This book is a welcome addition to the burgeoning literature on the geography of the information society ... The parallels drawn to related booms and busts of earlier eras demonstrate that the novelty of the ‘new’ economy is as mythical as the ‘end’ of geography in the information age.” Eric Sheppard, University of Minnesota ... Read more