Edward J Malecki, Bruno Moriset

The Digital Economy

Business Organization, Production Processes and Regional Developments

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an up-to-date account of the technologies, organizations, and dynamics which constitute the digital economy, and assesses the impacts they have on regions and communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 170mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780415396967
• ISBN-10: 0415396964
• Artikelnr.: 25007555

Autorenporträt

Edward J. Malecki is Professor of Geography at The Ohio State University. He is author of over 100 published papers, and of Technology and Economic Development (Addison-Wesley Longman, 1997) and Associate Editor of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. Bruno Moriset is Associate Professor and Research Director in the department of Geography and Planning at the University of Lyon - Jean Moulin in France. His research focuses notably on the link between information technologies and regional development.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The Digital Economy and the Splintering of Economic Space
2. Information Technologies and the "New Economy" Debate 3. Where Local
Meets Global: The Rise of the Digital Network 4. Digital Production and
Business Organizations 5. The Multiscale Geographies of Electronic Commerce
and Electronic Finance 6. Splintering the Economic Space: The Offshoring of
Corporate Services 7.Telework / Telecommuting: Time and Space Flexibilities
in Work and Business Organization 8. The Paradox of a "Double-Edged
Geography": Local Ecosystems of the Digital Economy 9. Peripheral Regions
and the "Digital Divide" Epilogue