The Digital Economy: Business Organization, Production Processes and Regional Developments

ISBN-13: 9780415396967 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 296 str.

Edward J. Malecki; Bruno Moriset

Opis

Offers a synthesis that links the various aspects of the digital or cyber economy from the perspective of real firms. This book includes case studies of companies, including Amazon, Dell, Li & Fung, and Volvo which demonstrate that the geography of digital

Spis treści

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