Too close to collaborate? How geographic proximity could impede entrepreneurship and innovation

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2071-2078

  Ben Letaifa, Soumaya ^a   Rabeau, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cluster; Cognitive proximity; Collaboration; Geographic proximity; Innovation; Social proximity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878663495     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.02.033     Document Type: Article

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