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Author:   Hans-Joachim Braczyk ,  Gerhard Fuchs ,  Hans-Georg Wolf
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   No.21
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.952kg
ISBN:  

9780415198578

ISBN 10:   0415198577
Pages:   444
Publication Date:   14 October 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction Hans-Joachim Braczyk, Gerard Fuchs and Hans-Georg Wolf 2. Becoming digital: sources of localization in the Bay Area multimedia cluster Edmund A. Egan and Annalee Saxenian 3. Patterns of employment in Southern California's multimedia and digital visual effects industry: the form and logic of an emerging local labour market Allen J. Scott 4. Multimedia networks, globalization and strategies of innovation: the case of Silicon Alley Wolf Heydebrand 5. Content and economics in the multimedia industry: the case of New York's Silicon Alley John V. Pavlik 6. The digital regional economy: emergence and evolution of Toronto's multimedia cluster Shauna G. Brail and Meric S. Gertler 7. Between regional networking and lonesome riding: different patterns of regional embeddedness of new media sectors in North Rhine-Westphalia Josef Hilbert, Jurgen Nordhause-Janz and Dieter Rehfeld 8. Multimedia: profilling and regional restructuring of Munich as an industrial location Detlev Strater 9. Multimedia and uneven urban and regional development: the Internet industry in the Netherlands Richard Naylor 10. The South-East England high-tech corridor: not quite Silicon Valley yet Puay Tang 11. The multimedia industry in Sweden and the emerging Stockholm cluster Ake Sandberg 12. Creating a multimedia cluster in Cardiff Bay Philip Cooke and Gwawr Hughes 13. From purposiveness to sustainability in the formation of multimedia clusters: governance and constituency building in Scotland Tony Kinder and Alfonso Molina 14. Stuttgart: from the 'car city' to the 'net city' Gerhard Fuchs and Hans-Georg Wolf 15. From smoke-stack industries to information society: multimedia industry in the Tampere region Gerd Schienstock, Henrik Rasanen and Mike Kautonen 16. New media policies and regional development in Japan Rolf Sternberg 17. Multimedia and industrial restructuring in Singapore Hing Ai Yun 18. Conclusion: diversity and uniformity in the development of multimedia production Hans-Joachim Braczyk, Gerhard Fuchs and Hans Georg Wolf Index

Reviews

'...a valuable collection of papers.' - Thorsten Hulsmann, Regional Studies, Vol. 35.1, pp. 87-90, 2001 'This edited volume is...a timely constribution to the debate around the information society and regional development.' - David Gibbs, Department of Geography, University of Hull

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