Proximity and innovation through an 'accessibility to knowledge' lens

Regional Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-88

  Massard, Nadine ^a   Mehier, Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b STOICA LEPS   (France)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Geographical proximity; Knowledge diffusion; Networks; Social proximity

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INNOVATION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 60749098823     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400701808881     Document Type: Article

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