On the role played by temporary geographical proximity in knowledge transmission

Regional Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 869-889

  Torre, André ^a  

^a INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Clusters; Geographical proximity; Organized proximity; Ubiquity

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; LOCATION THEORY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 48949116318     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400801922814     Document Type: Article

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