Shaping the formation of university-industry research collaborations: What type of proximity does really matter?

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 537-558

  D'Este, Pablo ^a   Guy, Frederick ^b   Iammarino, Simona ^c  

^a INGENIO CSIC UPV Technical University of Valencia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geography; Industrial clustering; Proximity; Technological complementarity; University industry research collaborations

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; RESEARCH WORK; SPILLOVER EFFECT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 84878907259     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbs010     Document Type: Article

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