Proximity, network formation and inventive performance: in search of the proximity paradox

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 395-422

  Cassi, Lorenzo ^a   Plunket, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

D85; L65; O31; O33; R11

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939897767     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-014-0612-6     Document Type: Article

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