The Changing Role of Proximity in Today?s Inter-organizational Relations

Petra Kecskés ()
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Petra Kecskés: Széchenyi István University

No 7010034, Proceedings of International Academic Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: Geographical proximity i.e. the spatial concentration of organizations is a necessary requirement in the acquisition and transition of information as elementary resource between organizations. Today?s? virtual communication methods and channels are able to connect physic distances and organizations far away from each other are interconnected through the different info communicational tools. However, virtual proximity does not entail unequivocally the evolution of relations between organizations.The study will review the role of geographic and virtual proximity from the theoretical perspective which will be followed by the introduction of empirical research findings. Though organizations use virtual communication channels to maintain their relations internationally, periodical geographic proximity is needed. Geographic proximity plays different role and has different importance in diverse inter-organizational relation types.

Keywords: Proximity; Geographical proximity; Virtual proximity; Inter-organizational relations; Inter-organizational communication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2018-10
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 42nd International Academic Conference, Rome, Oct 2018, pages 208-215

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