Do inventors talk to strangers? on proximity and collaborative knowledge creation

Research Policy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 177-194

  Crescenzi, Riccardo ^a   Nathan, Max ^a,b   Rodríguez Pose, Andrés ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

JEL classification O31; O33; R11; R23

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION;

COGNITIVE FACTORS; COLLABORATIVE KNOWLEDGE CREATION; GEOGRAPHICAL PROXIMITY; INNOVATION POLICIES; JEL CLASSIFICATION O31; SOCIAL CONNECTION; SPATIAL CLUSTERING; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 84961813418     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2015.07.003     Document Type: Article

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