The three interrelated factors of knowledge, learning and innovation are regarded as the key components of the … knowledge economy (OECD 1996). In the past decades, attempts have been made to describe the systematic impact and correlation of … respective bearers of knowledge in relation to each other was initially identified as an important aspect of the innovation …

fact that knowledge is commonly tied to personal capabilities; it has a clear geographical component. In the case of … knowledge-intensive services (KIS) most of analyses come to the same conclusion: distance is particularly relevant when … knowledge (mainly of a tacit type) is diffused. Starting from this premise, a burgeoning literature on the contribution of those …