The Geography of the Internet Industry: Venture Capital, Dot-coms, and Local Knowledge

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Matthew Zook (University of Kentucky)

The Geography of the Internet Industry

Venture Capital, Dot-coms, and Local Knowledge

Matthew Zook (University of Kentucky)

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Wiley-Blackwell
15 March 2005

Information technology industries; Economic geography; Regional geography; Geographical maps (specialist); Internet guides & online services

Series: Information Age Series

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.

By: Matthew Zook (University of Kentucky)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780631233312
ISBN 10: 0631233318
Series: Information Age Series
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 15 March 2005
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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: Venture Capital, Dot-coms, and Local Knowledge

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 Traces the Internet industry from its beginnings ... the best picture yet of the Internet boom of the 1990s, its decline in 2000 and 2001, and its stability and slower growth since. Edward J. Malecki, The Ohio State University An authoritative and engaging account of contemporary urban-regional economic development in the information age, that has real explanatory power much like Jean Gottmann's Megalopolis had in the 1960s. The Geography of the Internet Industry deserves a place on the reading lists of anyone serious about understanding the recent past of the Internet. Martin Dodge, University College London I urge everyone who has a chance to read this book because it is fluent and well constructed, especially given that it is based on a thesis. Unlike most theses, the joins do not show, and this makes for an exciting journey through its pages. Michael Batty University College London