04191oam 2200733Ka 450 991078992780332120190503073404.00-262-30052-41-280-49939-797866135946240-262-30130-X(CKB)2670000000174111(EBL)3339426(SSID)ssj0000652287(PQKBManifestationID)12198173(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000652287(PQKBWorkID)10655483(PQKB)10489378(StDuBDS)EDZ0000130788(MiAaPQ)EBC3339426(OCoLC)793520520(OCoLC)794490772(OCoLC)961626528(OCoLC)962695455(OCoLC)965982699(OCoLC)988450783(OCoLC)988479154(OCoLC)991961278(OCoLC)1037905666(OCoLC)1038687539(OCoLC)1038702583(OCoLC)1045526787(OCoLC)1066431723(OCoLC)1077256189(OCoLC)1081229358(OCoLC-P)793520520(MaCbMITP)8706(Au-PeEL)EBL3339426(CaPaEBR)ebr10553708(CaONFJC)MIL359462(OCoLC)793520520(EXLCZ)99267000000017411120120514d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrVenture labor work and the burden of risk in innovative industries /Gina NeffCambridge, Mass. MIT Press©20121 online resource (211 p.)Acting with technologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-262-52742-1 0-262-01748-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. The Social Risks of the Dot-Com Era; Risk Is Social; Work Is Riskier; Framing Risk; Defining Venture Labor; Venture Labor in the Internet Industry; Methods; Overview of the Book; Why Risk Matters; Chapter 2. The Origins and Rise of Venture Labor; Naming the New Economy; New Institutional Arrangements; Political Rhetoric Supporting the New Economy; The Cultural Shifts toward the New Economy; The Rise of Silicon Alley; From Play to Properties; The First Clash of Values; The Role of Venture LaborChapter 3. Being Venture Labor: Strategies for Managing Risk Denouncing (and Announcing) Values; Jobs as Investments: The Financial Strategy for Risk; Nothing to Lose: The Creative Strategy for Risk; Don't Count on Anything: The Actuarial Strategy for Risk; Comparison of Strategies; Chapter 4. Why Networks Failed; Social Networking's Cultural Moment; Networks of People and Technology; Building Communities, Circles, and Industries; The Importance of the Schmooze; Homophilous Sectors; The Work of Networking; Conclusion: The Functions of Networks; Chapter 5. The Crash of Venture LaborFraming the Crash Rationalizing Failure; The Calcification of Individual Perceptions into Structures; Chapter 6. Conclusion: Lessons from a New Economy for a New Medium?; The Media Legacy of Silicon Alley; Lessons for the Workplace; Applying Venture Labor; Consequences of Financialization and Privatization; Going Forward; Notes; Bibliography; Index"Why employees of pioneering Internet companies chose to invest their time, energy, hopes, and human capital in start-up ventures."--Provided by publisher.Acting with technology.High technology industriesUnited StatesEmployeesHigh technology industriesUnited StatesManagementTechnological innovationsEconomic aspectsUnited StatesINFORMATION SCIENCE/Communications & TelecommunicationsINFORMATION SCIENCE/Internet StudiesECONOMICS/Labor StudiesHigh technology industriesEmployees.High technology industriesManagement.Technological innovationsEconomic aspects331.700973Neff Gina1971-1170523OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910789927803321Venture labor3824146UNINA