The geography of the Internet industry [[electronic resource] ] : venture capital, dot-coms, and local knowledge / / Matthew A. Zook

• Autore: Zook Matthew
• Pubblicazione: Malden, Mass. ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Publishing, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.47004678
• Soggetto topico: Internet industry - Location; Internet
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Uncovering the geography of the Internet industry -- Origins and shape of the Internet -- Mapping the Internet industry -- Economic clusters, knowledge circulation, and venture capital -- Connecting venture capital to the geography of the Internet industry -- Finance and the brokering of knowledge -- Foundation for the dot-com boom -- Panning for digital gold -- Dot-com hangover?
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 in
• Titolo autorizzato: The geography of the Internet industry
• ISBN: 1-280-19889-3; 9786610198894; 0-470-70661-9; 0-470-77425-8; 1-4051-4147-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910143264003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Information Age series.