The global internet economy / edited by Bruce Kogut.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kogut, Bruce Mitchel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic commerce--Cross-cultural studies.

Electronic commerce.

Information technology--Cross-cultural studies.

Information technology.

Internet--Economic aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

Internet.

Internet--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (539 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Comparative analyses of the development and economic development of the Internet in seven countries.

Contents:

Contents ; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; 1 - Introduction: The Internet Has Borders; I - Country Chapters; 2 - From Pockets of Experimentation to Institutional Change; 3 - The Growth and Development of the Internet in the United States; 4 - Sweden's Wireless Wonders: The Diverse Roots and Selective Adaptations of the Swedish Internet Economy; 5 - Technological National Learning in France: From Minitel to Internet; 6 - Creativity under Constraint: Technological Imprinting and the Migration of Indian Business to the New Economy

7 - The German Internet Economy and the ''Silicon Valley Model'': Convergence, Divergence, or Something Else? 8 - The Internet Economy of Korea ; 9 - Between Bit Valley and Silicon Valley: Hybrid Forms of Business Governance in the Japanese Internet Economy; II - Cross-cutting Themes; 10 - Is There Global Convergence in Regulation and Electronic Markets?; 11 - Suppliers and Intermediaries ; 12 - Regulation in Europe; 13 - Non-Market Strategies and Regulation in the United States; 14 - Conclusions; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [473]-507) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-09994-9

9786612099946

0-262-27736-0

0-585-45066-8

OCLC:

52360222