The Digital Economy by Edward J. Malecki, Bruno Moriset - 9780415396950

The Digital EconomyBusiness Organization, Production Processes and Regional Developments\nAuthor(s): Edward J. Malecki, Bruno Moriset\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415396950, 978-0415396950\nSynopsis\nInformation technologies (IT) shape economic space, but we have no clear map of the cyber economy since the \""digital revolution\"" began in the early 1970s. \n\nThe Digital Economy offers an up-to-date, critical synthesis that links the various aspects of the digital or cyber economy from the perspective of real firms. A geographic approach emphasizes how IT has made businesses less dependent on locational constraints, and the tangible effects on places and regions are placed at the core of the analysis. Case studies of companies, including Amazon, Dell, Li & Fung, and Volvo, demonstrate that the geography of digitally-driven production is the outcome of both dispersion and agglomeration dynamics. Global corp.