%0 Journal Article %1 Gorman:2002 %A Gorman, Sean P. %D 2002 %J Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie %K city commercial connectedness cyber development digital economy outsourcing space %N 5 %P 522--536 %R 10.1111/1467-9663.00223 %T Where Are the Web Factories: The Urban Bias of E-Business Location %V 93 %X The Internet has been considered the great equalizer for business, allowing distant locals to compete with large metropolitan regions. Recent research points to a different geography, where domains and connectivity cluster predominantly in large urban areas. The question remains are new businesses of the Internet economy doing the same or avoiding metropolitan areas. This paper will examine the head and branch locations of the top forty e-business integration firms in the U.S. The analysis of the distribution of these locations will provide insight to what regions most benefit from the Internet Economy. Further the data should provide a useful comparison to metropolitan trends for domain and connectivity agglomeration.

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