The Geography of the Internet Industry

Venture Capital, Dot-Coms, and Local Knowledge
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-631-23331-2
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 495 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zook, Matthew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.