Search Results - subject:"spatial proximity"

Do Regional and Non-regional Knowledge Flows Differ? An Empirical Study on Clustered Firms in the Dutch Life Sciences and Computing Services Industry

Weterings, Anet; Ponds, Roderik - In: Industry and Innovation 16 (2009) 1, pp. 11-31

In the literature on innovation and geographical proximity, inter-organizational knowledge flows are increasingly acknowledged to take place at multiple spatial levels. Furthermore, the knowledge flows within and between regions are assumed to have different characteristics. Until now, hardly...

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Dynamic Models of Segregation in Small-World Networks

Fagiolo, Giorgio; Valente, Marco; Vriend, Nicolaas J. - School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary - 2007

-based spatial proximity model. Thus, Schelling's original results seem to be robust to the structural properties of the network. …

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Cross-border M&As and the changing economic geography of Europe

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; Zademach, Hans-Martin - Instituto de Ciencias Sociales, Instituto Madrileño de … - 2007

This paper investigates the patterns of corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&As) involving firms located in the EU25 as well as in the four EFTA countries between 1998 and 2003. It first uncovers the \'cross-border balance\' of M&As across European states, before identifying, through...

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Distance decay function in criminal behavior: a case of Israel

Rattner, Arye; Portnov, Boris - In: The Annals of Regional Science 41 (2007) 3, pp. 673-688

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Does Venture Capital Investment Really Require Spatial Proximity? An Empirical Investigation

Fritsch, Michael; Schilder, Dirk - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2006

We examine the role of spatial proximity for Venture Capital (VC) investments in Germany. The main database is a survey … spatial proximity is far less important for VC investments than is often believed. For example, the results indicate that … syndication is partly used as an alternative to spatial proximity. Telecommunication does not work as a substitute for face …

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Segregation in Social Networks

Vriend N.J.; Fagiolo G.; Valente M. - Society for Computational Economics - SCE - 2005

Moore-types of neighborhoods. The idea that people care about their spatial proximity has been justified by the observation …In a series of papers, Schelling presented a microeconomic model of neighbourhood segregation that he called a "spatial … proximity model". The model specifies a spatial setup in which the individual agents care only about the composition of their …

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Segregation in Networks

Fagiolo, Giorgio; Valente, Marco; Vriend, Nicolaas J. - School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary - 2005

strictly prefers this. We make a first step to generalize the spatial proximity model to a proximity model of segregation. That …-based spatial proximity model. In other words, mild proximity preferences can explain segregation not just in regular spatial …

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Being close to risk. From proximity to connexity

November, Valerie - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 7 (2004) 3, pp. 273-286

The relationship between urban spaces, associated risk, and the notion of proximity has until now been subject to very little critical examination. It is, however, crucial to conduct a discussion on the subject, especially in view of the latest disasters that have made the headlines (notably in...

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Planning conflicts and social proximity: a reassessment

Lecourt, Arnaud; Baudelle, Guy - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 7 (2004) 3, pp. 287-301

spatial proximity can bring together the participants opposed to the project. This analysis aims at re-assessing the … proximity between the individuals sharing a common aim and that spatial proximity participates in the process as a necessary …

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Spatial Proximity and Complementarities in the Trading of Tacit Knowledge

Aydogan, Neslihan; Lyon, Thomas P. - EconWPA - 2004

-to-face contact, making spatial proximity important. When there are sufficient “complementarities” in knowledge exchange, successful …

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