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Getting into Networks and Clusters: Evidence from the Midi-Pyrenean Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Collaboration Network

Vicente, Jerome; Balland, Pierre; Brossard, Olivier - In: Regional Studies 45 (2011) 8, pp. 1059-1078

Vicente J., Balland P. A. and Brossard O. Getting into networks and clusters: evidence from the Midi-Pyrenean global … knowledge relations embedded in wider networks in a particular technological field. Focusing on the interface of clusters and … networks contributes to a better understanding of collaboration, within and across places and cognitive domains. An empirical …

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Can a Development Agency Foster Co-operation Among Local Firms? The Case of the Welsh Development Agency's Supplier Association Programme

Izushi, Hiro - In: Regional Studies 33 (2000) 8, pp. 739-750

IZUSHI H. (1999) Can a development agency foster co-operation among local firms? The case of the Welsh Development Agency's Supplier Association Programme, Reg. Studies 33 , 739-750. There is growing interest in policies promoting inter-firm co-operation to diffuse best practice in...

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Proximity and Innovation through an 'Accessibility to Knowledge' Lens

Massard, Nadine; Mehier, Caroline - In: Regional Studies 43 (2009) 1, pp. 77-88

dimensions of proximity by using some developments from social networks analysis. Such an approach leads to new empirical models …

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Gender and Entrepreneurial Networks

Hanson, Susan; Blake, Megan - In: Regional Studies 43 (2009) 1, pp. 135-149

Hanson S. and Blake M. Gender and entrepreneurial networks, Regional Studies. In a recent critical survey in 2003 …, Peter Nijkamp argued for the importance of networks and networking for successful entrepreneurship and emphasized the … strategic advantage that dense urban areas afford to networks. Nijkamp's arguments are extended herein by investigating the …

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Canadian Science, Technology and Innovation Policy: The Product of Regional Networking?

Salazar, Monica; Holbrook, Adam - In: Regional Studies 41 (2007) 8, pp. 1129-1141

creation of networks. These networks are part of the federal emphasis given to provincial/regional economic development and …

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Beyond the Territorial Fix: Regional Assemblages, Politics and Power

Allen, John; Cochrane, Allan - In: Regional Studies 41 (2007) 9, pp. 1161-1175

Allen J. and Cochrane A. (2007) Beyond the territorial fix: regional assemblages, politics and power, Regional Studies 41, 1161-1175. The idea of regions as territorially fixed in some vital political sense is a stubborn conception, one that is both mobilized to pursue selective interests and to...

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Do Asymmetric Networks Help or Hinder Small Firms' Ability to Export?

Echeverri-Carroll, Elsie; Hunnicutt, Lynn; Hansen, Niles - In: Regional Studies 32 (1998) 8, pp. 721-733

ECHEVERRI-CARROLL E., H UNNICUTT L., and HANSEN N. (1998) Do asymmetric networks help or hinder small firms' ability to … recognize the positive correlation between symmetric networks - those between firms of similar size - and their success in … international markets. This relationship is not obvious in the case of asymmetric networks - those between firms of relatively …

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Proximity and Innovation: A Critical Assessment

Boschma, Ron - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 1, pp. 61-74

Boschma R. A. (2005) Proximity and innovation: a critical assessment, Regional Studies39, 61-74. A key issue in economic geography is to determine the impact of geographical proximity on interactive learning and innovation. We argue that the importance of geographical proximity cannot be...

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Subcontracting Networks in Industrial Districts: The Electronics Industries of Madrid

Rama, Ruthrama; Ferguson, Deron; Melero, Ana - In: Regional Studies 37 (2003) 1, pp. 71-88

RAMA R., FERGUSON D. and MELERO A. (2003) Subcontracting networks in industrial districts: the electronics industries … identification and inconsistent measurement of interfirm connectedness and "networks'. In this paper, we propose that production …

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Social capital, firm embeddedness and regional development

Cooke, Philip; Clifton, Nick; Oleaga, Mercedes - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 8, pp. 1065-1077

Cooke P., Clifton N. and Oleaga M. (2005) Social capital, firm embeddedness and regional development, Regional Studies 39 , 1065-1077. This paper presents the results of a research project examining the effects of social capital on the performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in...

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