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03184aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 9A39DC22A55F11EAA027EF1497128E48 003 SILO 005 20200603010033 008 190827t20202020nyuab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0190083832 020 $a 9780190083830 035 $a (OCoLC)1112903742 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d CDX $d SILO 050 4 $a HT321 $b .Z85 2020 082 04 $a 330.9173/2 $2 23 100 1 $a Zukin, Sharon $e author. 245 14 $a The innovation complex : $b cities, tech, and the new economy / $c Sharon Zukin. 246 30 $a Cities, tech, and the new economy 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2020. 300 $a xi, 304 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a One hears alot these days about "innovation and entrepreneurship" and about how "good jobs" in tech will save our cities. Yet these common tropes hide a stunning reality: local lives and fortunes are tied to global capital. You see this clearly in metropolises such as San Francisco and New York that have emerged as "superstar cities." In these cities, startups bloom, jobs of the future multiply, and a meritocracy trained in digital technology, backed by investors who control deep pools of capital, forms a new class: the tech-financial elite. In The Innovation Complex, the urbanist Sharon Zukin shows the way these forces shape the new urban economy through a rich and illuminating account of the rise of the tech sector in New York City. Drawing from original interviews with venture capitalists, tech evangelists, and economic development officials, she shows how the ecosystem forms and reshapes the city from the ground up. Zukin explores the people and plans that have literally rooted digital technology in the city. That in turn has shaped a workforce, molded a mindset, and generated an archipelago of tech spaces, which in combination have produced a now-hegemonic "innovation" culture and geography. She begins with the subculture of hackathons and meetups, introduces startup founders and venture capitalists, and explores the transformation of the Brooklyn waterfront from industrial wasteland to "innovation coastline." She shows how, far beyond Silicon Valley, cities like New York are shaped by an influential "triple helix" of business, government, and university leaders--an alliance that joins C. Wright Mills's "power elite," real estate developers, and ambitious avatars of "academic capitalism." As a result, cities around the world are caught between the demands of the tech economy and communities' desires for growth--a massive and often--insurmountable challenge for those who hope to reap the rewards of innovation's success. 650 0 $a Urban economics. 650 0 $a Industrial clusters. 650 0 $a Cities and towns $x Effect of technological innovations on. 650 0 $a Information technology $x Economic aspects. 650 0 $a High technology industries. 650 0 $a City planning. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220706021300.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9A39DC22A55F11EAA027EF1497128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search