Beyond regional clusters: On the importance of geographical proximity for R&D collaborations in a global economy - the case of the flemish biotech sector
When internal knowledge bases are insufficient for developing innovations, companies tend to collaborate with external R&D partners. According to a long-standing literature on “clusters”, “industrial districts”, “local production systems” and “regional innovation systems”, geographical proximity between innovation partners is considered a precondition for inter-organizational collaborations: proximity is said to facilitate trust, the transfer of tacit knowledge and the intensity of interactions. This article investigates the importance of geographical proximity for R&D collaborations b... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
Schlagwörter: | Taverne |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26705701 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/385340 |