Venture Labor Work and the Burden of Risk in Innovative Industries

Name: Venture Labor Work and the Burden of Risk in Innovative Industries
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ISBN: 9780262017480

ISBN-10: 0262017482

ISBN-13: 9780262017480

Edition: 2012

Authors: Gina Neff

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In the dot-com boom of the late 1990s, employees of Internet startups took risks--left well-paying jobs for the chance of striking it rich through stock options (only to end up unemployed a year later), relocated to areas that were epicenters of a booming industry (that shortly went bust), chose the opportunity to be creative over the stability of a set schedule. In Venture Labor, Gina Neff investigates choices like these made by high-tech workers in New York City's "Silicon Alley" in the 1990s. Why did these workers exhibit entrepreneurial behavior in their jobs--investing time, energy, and other personal resources that Neff terms "venture labor"--when they themselves were employees and…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 4/6/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Social Risks of the Dot-Com Era



The Origins and Rise of Venture Labor



Being Venture Labor: Strategies for Managing Risk



Why Networks Failed



The Crash of Venture Labor



Conclusion: Lessons from a New Economy for a New Medium?


Notes


Bibliography


Index