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Since the explosion of multimedia, the creation and promotion of multimedia clusters has become a target for regional development strategies across the globe. This work offers the first inter-regional comparison of the multimedia industry.
Analysing thirteen American, European and Asian regions, leading academics examine factors which drive the emergence of multimedia clusters and processes by which they are formed,
| Acknowledgements | p. xxv |
| Acronyms | p. xxvii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Becoming Digital | p. 11 |
| References | p. 29 |
| Patterns of Employment in Southern California's Multimedia and Digital Visual-Effects Industry | p. 30 |
| Multimedia Networks, Globalization and Strategies of Innovation | p. 49 |
| Content and Economics in the Multimedia Industry | p. 81 |
| The Digital Regional Economy | p. 97 |
| Between Regional Networking and Lonesome Riding | p. 131 |
| References | p. 153 |
| Multimedia | p. 155 |
| Multimedia and Uneven Urban and Regional Development | p. 183 |
| The South-East England High-Tech Corridor | p. 218 |
| The Multimedia Industry in Sweden and the Emerging Stockholm Cluster | p. 238 |
| Creating a Multimedia Cluster in Cardiff Bay | p. 252 |
| References | p. 267 |
| From Purposiveness to Sustainability in the Formation of Multimedia Clusters | p. 269 |
| Stuttgart | p. 298 |
| From Smoke-Stack Industries to Information Society | p. 320 |
| New Media Policies and Regional Development in Japan | p. 346 |
| Multimedia and Industrial Restructuring in Singapore | p. 376 |
| Conclusion | p. 397 |
| Index | p. 410 |
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ISBN: 9780415198578
ISBN-10: 0415198577
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
Audience:
Tertiary; University or College
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 444
Published: 14th October 1999
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.9
x 2.6
Weight (kg): 0.95
Edition Number: 1
