Digital economy business organization, production processes and regional developments

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-258) and index.

Introduction : the digital economy and the splintering of economic space -- Information technologies and the "new economy" debate -- Where local meets global : the rise of the digital network -- Digital production and business organizations -- The multiscale geographies of electronic commerce and electronic finance -- Splintering the economic space : the offshoring of corporate services -- Telework/telecommuting : time and space flexibilities in work and business organization -- The paradox of a "double-edged geography" : local ecosystems of the digital economy -- Peripheral regions and the "digital divide".

This book provides an up-to-date account of the technologies, organizations, and dynamics which constitute the digital economy, and assesses the impacts they have on regions and communities.