Doctoral Dissertation Research: Information Technology and Cities

博士论文研究：信息技术与城市

• 批准号: 9819744
• 负责人: Lawrence Katz
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: National Bureau of Economic Research Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-03-15 至 2001-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9819744&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Information; Technology

This project will identify the effect of information technology on the location of economic activity. Advances in information technology have the potential to affect firms' location in many ways: with new technologies, a firm might find that it no longer needs to be in cities, or it might no longer need to be near rural clients; a firm might decide to disperse its operations over several distant sites, or it might decide to consolidate in one location. The theoretical possibilities are many, and the overall impact is ultimately an empirical question. By linking data on changes in firm location with data on information technology usage, this research will distinguish which of the popular notions about technology and cities is accurate.

该项目将确定信息技术对经济活动地点的影响。信息技术的进步有可能在许多方面影响公司的地理位置：有了新技术，一家公司可能会发现它不再需要在城市，或者它可能不再需要靠近农村客户；一家公司可能决定将其业务分散到几个遥远的地点，或者它可能决定合并到一个地点。理论上的可能性很多，总体影响归根结底是一个经验问题。通过将公司位置变化的数据与信息技术使用的数据联系起来，这项研究将区分关于技术和城市的流行概念中哪一个是准确的。