Untitled - socium.ge

Index 461entrepreneurialism 61–3, 81hacker culture 82immigration 81–2informationalism 50innovation milieu 56–60Internet 55IT 55, 174–5military 81multiethnicity 59–60network society 49new economy model 62productivity growth 60–61start-up activity 63unemployment 174, 178–9, 189universities 56, 57, 58, 60, 64, 81venture capital 57–8, 64–5Simon, H. A. 160simulation modeling 161–2Sisnett, Ana 331Sitra 72Slater, D. 138small and medium businesses 28Smith, A. 387SMS (short messaging system) 11, 115sociabilityCatalonia 236–8, 239, 241education 264employment 264income 264Internet 237–8inter-racial 261, 262–3social actors 23, 40, 84, 233–4social capital 165, 219, 228, 249, 267n6Social Capital Benchmark Survey 261social cohesion 247–8social connectedness 191, 192social movementsCastells 341, 438cultural 15, 18–19, 21network society 49–50, 353–4networks 35–6new 22, 349struggles within 352transactional 341social networkscomputer-supported 347economic opportunity 164–5financial markets 211n4intermediaries 191Internet user surveys 223recruiters 148trading pit 200–2, 203social relationshipscomputer-mediated communication224–5e-mail 132, 331face-to-face 237Internet 217, 222, 225locality 225social structures 3economic opportunity 165informationalism 41labor market 191–2networks 4, 5Society for Technical Communication186–7sociology 432–4software development 10, 11open source 10, 49, 50, 342Solectron 59, 182–3Solow, Robert 41, 146Sony Entertainment 403Soros Foundation 90South America 388Soviet Union 17, 84, 87–8see also RussiaspaceICT 133, 264online trading 204–5time 198, 218trading pit 200–202virtual community 219–20space of flows 11–12, 36, 107–8, 118,398Spain 391, 392–3, 395see also CataloniaSputnik 57staffing services firms 183Stanford Industrial Park 54Stanford University 56, 57, 58, 60, 64Star Plus 407Star TV 403, 414, 415start-up activity 63, 79–80State Council Informatization SteeringGroup 106, 110State Secrecy Bureau 110, 111statespower 25, 32social expenditure 16support 49, 67, 69, 72–3, 79–80see also nation-state; welfare state