knowledge-based activities are integrated in the country's provinces and analyses how relevant the geographic proximity between …

This article aims at evaluating the link between knowledge properties and geographical proximity in the coordination R … used to understand the role of geographical proximity. Results confirm that this framework may be able to explain the … spatial dynamics of industrial R&D. Moreover, the diversity of sectoral patterns shows that geographical proximity is not the …

firms with respect to technology agglomeration patterns, proximity to alliance partners, and firm performance for the period … important as proximity to partners in terms of firm performance. These results indicate that a strategy of relentless pipeline … building, without regard to geographic proximity of alliance partners, may enhance relative and absolute performance of …

The effect of spatial agglomeration (localisation and urbanisation economies) on employment growth is explored over a … balanced panel of 23,374 Italian firms, using a flexible Bayesian model. Contrary to previous research, the agglomeration …

proximity for knowledge generation and innovation is highlighted and instead it is stressed that relational, cognitive …, organizational, social and institutional proximities are not substitutes or complements to spatial proximity but that they are all … functions of the prevailing spatial proximity. Another important factor for interaction is social capital, which by fostering …

urban agglomerations we stress the role of (i) density and proximity externalities, (ii) the physical and cultural resource …