'A far friend is worth more than a good neighbour': Proximity and innovation in a small country

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-188

  Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd ^a   Cornet, Maarten ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geography; Innovation; Knowledge spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 14744272706     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015775321949     Document Type: Article

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