Innovation, proximity, and knowledge gatekeepers - is proximity a necessity for learning and innovation?

Deogratias Harorimana and Mathias Harebamungu

International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2013, vol. 14, issue 2, 177-196

Abstract: Organisational desire for innovation and growth can be best achieved when they are in proximity. Geographical or technological proximity represent network structure in which a focal organisation is embedded, which has structural, cognitive and relational dimensions. Proximity influences innovation indirectly by its influence on agents' ability to exchange and combine knowledge in four related ways: by giving access to exchange partners that provide opportunities for learning, increasing the anticipation of value, increasing the motivation to exchange, and by giving access to resources necessary for committing exchanges.

Keywords: learning; innovation; technological gatekeepers; firm strategy; competitiveness; firm growth; knowledge gatekeepers; value; motivation; knowledge exchange; geographical proximity; technological proximity; network structure. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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