Configurations of Inter-organizational Knowledge Links: Does Spatial Embeddedness Still Matter?

Regional Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1005-1021

  Knoben, J ^a   Oerlemans, L A G ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alliance portfolio; Collaboration; Configurations; Geographical proximity; Innovation; Portfolio diversity

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866014567     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2011.600302     Document Type: Article

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