The importance of geographical proximity for interaction and knowledge sharing has been discussed extensively in … might be relevant. We argue that proximity may be a crucial driver for agents to connect and exchange knowledge, but too … much proximity between these agents on any of the dimensions might harm their innovative performance at the same time. In a …

, when the cognitive proximity between the extra-regional knowledge and the knowledge base of the region is neither too small …

We propose an evolutionary perspective on the geography of network formation that is grounded in a dynamic proximity … framework. In doing so, we root the proximity concept in an evolutionary approach to the geography of innovation networks. We … explaining the effects of networks on the performance of actors. The third topic deals with the changing role of proximity …

Despite theoretical and empirical advances, the proximity framework has remained essentially static in that the given … proximity between actors explains the extent to which they interact in knowledge networks and profit from such interactions. We … propose a dynamic extension of the proximity framework of Boschma in which we account for co-evolutionary dynamics between …