Proximity and innovation networks: An evolutionary approach

Re-framing Regional Development: Evolution, Innovation and Transition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 186-200

  Balland, Pierre Alexandre ^a,b   Boschma, Ron ^a   Frenken, Koen ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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