The Geography of the Internet Industry: Venture Capital, Dot-coms, and Local Knowledge (Information Age Series) | 
 enlarge | Author: Matthew Zook
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 216
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Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0631233326
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.470046780223
EAN: 9780631233329
Publication Date: May 6, 2005
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Product Description
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.
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 The Internet is somewhere! October 4, 2005
Sid "Not Vicious"
I decided to buy/read this book after reading the review. Interesting read for anyone who sees the Internet as everywhere....
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 geography still important August 13, 2005
W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Zook demonstrates that physical geography continues to be a paramount factor in where a startup is located. His study is from the dot com era, and shows the striking correlation and clumping of US startups. Silicon Valley dominates, unsurprisingly. But then there are also major clusters in Seattle, New York, Austin, Los Angeles and Boston.
The book shows the prediliction of people in any industry to aggregate, even, or perhaps especially, when there is intense competition between companies in that industry. Ultimately, the clumping benefits the industry, by permitting an easier transfer of ideas and people. So that successful ideas and companies can grow.
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