This book provides a balanced, empirically-based view of the "Digital Economy," and explores its regional and geographical import in areas where the Digital Economy meets more traditional patterns. More than just an interpretive analysis, this book utilizes empirical evidence in its assessment of the dynamics of specific regions in different parts of the world. The book also examines the policy implications of the rising Digital Economy.

Contenu
Cities in the telecommunications age.- Entrepreneurship, Clusters and Policy in the Emerging Digital Economy.- High tech industry productivity and hedonic price indices.- Information and Communication Technologies and the New Regional Economy.- Clusters, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.- Clustering in Space Versus Dispersing Over Space.- Regional Innovation Systems in Small and Medium-Sized Regions.- Relating Entrepreneurship to Economic Growth.- Industrial Cluster Analysis and Technology Policy Decisions in Functional Regions.- Location and Dynamics of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Industries.- Spatial Clusters of ICT Industries.- Local and Regional ICT Service Sector Markets in Sweden.- Growth Dynamics in a Municipal Market-Accessibility Hierarchy.- Telecommunication and Policy.- Cities in the Internet Age.- Regional Telecommunications Investment Impacts and Efficiency Considerations.- Investment and Household Adoption of Communication and Information Services.- The Swedish 3G Beauty Contest: A Beauty or a Beast?.- The Digital Divide: A Review of Socioeconomic and Spatial Distributional Issues in ICTs.- The Emerging Digital Economy: Conclusions.