PART I

1. The Geography of the New Economy

   • Cyclical fluke or truly structural change?
   • The rise of the service society
   • "Footlooseness" in space and elsewhere: "Own Laptop, will travel"
   • Lower entry barriers for entrepreneurs / easier to start and maintain a small business / larger percentage of large enterprises are relatively new firms
   • Trend towards knowledge industry
   • Speed of change, shorter product cycles and attention spans
   • Greater inequality & income differentiation
   • "Globalization"
   • Is there anything left of the "Old Economy"?
   • Is there a "New Economic Geography"?
   • Shall we throw out the "Old Economic Geography" with the bathwater?

   
   

2. Program, Courses & Objectives:

   Economic & Business Geography:	Learning Objectives
   Economic Geography (207) [Winter 2001]	Learning Objectives
   Local Economies & Market Areas (350) [Spring 2001]	Learning Objectives
   Location Theories (450) [Fall 2000 & 2001]	Learning Objectives
   Undergraduate Internet Workshop in Econ & Bus Geog (498) [Wi' 2001]	Plans for Wi 2001

   
   

3. Toward A "Learning Web" (This one in Economic Geography)

   • The Internet's Potential Role in Your Geography Learning Environment
   • Substantive Resource Pages
   • A Home Page Template (Download, modify and use it, if you like!)

   
   

   
   

4. Education Beyond the Classroom

   • Web Volunteering [Directory; faculty.washington.edu/krumme/internet/webcare.html]
   • Internships, Jobs and Careers [faculty.washington.edu/krumme/jobs.html]
   • Graduate Programs in Geography at U.S. Universities
   • Undergraduate Geography Society [Get involved!]
   • The Association of Washington Geographers [faculty.washington.edu/krumme/AWG/]
   • Geography Beyond the UW

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PART II (I will run out of time! Thus, visit these Web pages!)

1. Who is this Prof? Places -- Projects -- Papers -- Photos

   
   

2. Your Learning Environment is Larger Than the Sum of your Classes.

   • What is Needed to do Well in Economic Geography?
   • Notebook Recommendation
   • LIBRARY-, WRITING- AND STUDY- SKILLS RESOURCES
   • Use the On-Line Catalog and other up-to-date Web Resources to make wise academic program decisions!

   
   
3. Krumme's Research Interests

   • Regional development, policy & analysis
   • Locational behaviors and organizational spatial patterns
   • Disclosure, Secrecy & Uncertainty in Informational Geography
   • Merging the Internet with Economic Geography Classes

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