Doctoral Dissertation Research: Information Technology and Cities

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选址：有了新技术，公司可能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;公司可能决定将其业务分散到几个遥远的地点，或者它可能决定在一个地点合并。理论上的可能性有很多，总体影响最终是一个经验问题。 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，这项研究将区分哪些关于技术和城市的流行概念是准确的。

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.