The global internet economy / edited by Bruce Kogut.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kogut, Bruce Mitchel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Internet.

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

Information technology--Cross-cultural studies.

Information technology.

Electronic commerce--Cross-cultural studies.

Electronic commerce.

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet--Economic aspects.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 520 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2003.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Annotation <p>By 2002, all but a handful of countries were connected to the Internet. The intertwining of the Internet and the globalization of finance, corporate governance, and trade raises questions about national models of technology development and property rights. The sudden ability of hundreds of millions of users to gain access to a global communication infrastructure spurred the creation of new firms and economic opportunities. The Internet challenged existing institutions and powerful interests: Technology was global, but its economic and business development was molded in the context of prevailing national institutions.Comparing the experiences of seven countries -- France, Germany, India, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, and the United States -- this book analyzes the rise of the Internet and its impact on changing national institutions. Each country chapter describes how the Internet developed, evaluates the extent to which the Silicon Valley model was adopted, and suggests why certain sectors and technologies developed faster than others. The book also analyzes specific Internet sectors and regulations across countries. It shows that the Internet's effects are more evolutionary than revolutionary. At the same time, the impact of broad cultural change on entrepreneurial aspirations is clearly visible in certain nations, especially India and Sweden.</p>

Contents:

1 Introduction: The Internet Has Borders / Bruce Kogut 1

I Country Chapters 41

2 From Pockets of Experimentation to Institutional Change / Bruce Kogut 43

3 The Growth and Development of the Internet in the United States / Martin Kenney 69

4 Sweden's Wireless Wonders: The Diverse Roots and Selective Adaptations of the Swedish Internet Economy / Henrik Glimstedt, Udo Zander 109

5 Technological National Learning in France: From Minitel to Internet / Pierre-Jean Benghozi, Christian Licoppe 153

6 Creativity under Constraint: Technological Imprinting and the Migration of Indian Business to the New Economy / Srilata Zaheer, Radhika Rajan 191

7 The German Internet Economy and the "Silicon Valley Model": Convergence, Divergence, or Something Else? / Steven Casper 223

8 The Internet Economy of Korea / Sea-Jin Chang 263

9 Between Bit Valley and Silicon Valley: Hybrid Forms of Business Governance in the Japanese Internet Economy / Mari Sako 291

II Cross-cutting Themes 327

10 Is There Global Convergence in Regulation and Electronic Markets? / Bruce Kogut 329

11 Suppliers and Intermediaries / Susan Helper, John Paul MacDuffie 331

12 Regulation in Europe / Alain Jeunemaitre, Herve Dumez 381

13 Non-Market Strategies and Regulation in the United States / Dennis Yao 407.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262277365

0262277360

0585450668

9780585450667

0262112728

9780262112727

0262612046

9780262612043

OCLC:

52360222

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