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Optimal Cognitive Distance and Absorptive Capacity
Duysters, Geert; Nooteboom, B.; Vanhaverbeke, W.P.M.; … - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006
In this paper we test the relation between cognitive distance and innovation performance of firms engaged in technology …-based alliances.The key finding is that the hypothesis of an inverted U-shaped effect of cognitive distance on innovation performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091844
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Cognitive Distance in and Between COP’s and Firms : Where do Exploitation and Exploration take Place, and How are they Connected?
Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2007
This paper contributes to the analysis of where and how both exploitation and exploration may take place inside and between communities and organizations. It connects with the discussion of differences between communities of practice and epistemic communities. The analysis allows for differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092178