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Worlds of E-Commerce
Economic, Geographical and Social Dimensions
Thomas R. Leinbach (Edited by), R Leinbach (Author), Stanley D. Brunn (Edited by)
9780471494553, Wiley
Hardback, published 26 January 2001
376 pages
24.8 x 17.4 x 2.7 cm, 0.765 kg
Welche Auswirkungen hat die gegenwartige Explosion der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik auf die Weltwirtschaft? Erstmals wird mit diesem Buch versucht, alle okonomischen, sozialen und politischen Aspekte des E-Commerce von einem interdisziplinaren und internationalen Standpunkt aus zu beleuchten. Theoretische und konzeptuelle Fragen werden von Experten aus Geographie, Wirtschaft und Politik beantwortet; einschlagige Beispiele stammen aus den USA, Gro?britannien, Japan, Singapur, Australien, Ru?land und den Entwicklungslandern. Eine hervorragende Informationsquelle fur alle, die eine ausfuhrliche wissenschaftliche Diskussion erwarten zum Hintergrund des E-Commerce, zur wachsenden Bedeutung der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie und zuFallstudien uber spezifische Dienstleistungen im E-Commerce Bereich! (01/01)
List of Contributors vii Preface and Acknowledgements ix Introduction E-Commerce Definition, Dimensions and Constraints xi Part 1 E-commerce: Meaning, Theory, and Impacts Chapter 1 Emergence of the Digital Economy and E-Commerce 3 Chapter 2 Towards an Economics of the Internet and E-Commerce 27 Chapter 3 Beyond Transaction Costs: E-Commerce and the Power of the Internet Dataspace 45 Chapter 4 Towards a Location Theory of Distributed Computing and E-Commerce 67 Chapter 5 Maybe the Death of Distance, but not the End of Geography: the Internet as a Network 87 Part II E-Commerce in Firm, Regional, and International Context Chapter 6 The Information Society, Japanese Style: Corner Stores as Hubs for E-Commerce Access 109 Chapter 7 Internet Economics and the Outline Recruiting Industry 129 Chapter 8 Grounding Global Flows: Constructing an E-Commerce Hub in Singapore 145 Chapter 9 Finding the Source of Amazon.com: Examining the Store with the ‘Earth’s Biggest Selection’ Chapter 10 Electronic Banking and the City System in the Netherlands 181 Chapter 11 Global Electronic Spaces: Singapore’s Role in the Foreign Exchange Market in the Asia Pacific Region 203 Part III E-commerce: Financial, Legal, and State Dimensions Chapter 12 The Currency of Currency: Speed, Sovereignty, and Electronic Finance 223 Chapter 13 Information and Communication Technologies and the Integration of European Derivatives Markets 241 Chapter 14 ‘Dry Counties’ in Cyberspace: Governance and Enforcement without Geographic Borders 257 Chapter 15 Dot com Development: Are IT Lines Better than Tractors? 277 Chapter 16 Corporate Nations: The Emergence of New sovereignties 293 References 315 Index 345
Thomas R. Leinbach and Stanley D. Brunn
Thomas R. Leinbach
Kenneth Button and Samantha Taylor
Martin Kenney and James Curry
Michael F. Goodchild
Edward J. Malecki and Sean P. Gorman
Yuko Aoyama
Sharon Cobb
Neil M. Coe and Henry Wai-chung Yeung
Martin Dodge
Marina van Geenhuizen and Peter Nijkamp
John Langdale
Barney Warf and Darren Purcell
Dominic Power
Priscilla M. Regan
Mark I. Wilson
Thomas M. Edwards
Subject Areas: Earth sciences [RB]
