, interactionist perspective on knowledge, which leads to the notion of 'cognitive distance'.It looks at both the competence and the … governance side of relationships.Given cognitive distance, organizations need to align cognition sufficiently to enable the fast … cognitive distance. Hence the importance of networks for innovation.On the governance side, the paper gives a review of …

Distance effects in empirical gravity equations appear to be too high to be explained by transport costs alone … decreasing over the last six decades. To address the two dimensions of this 'distance puzzle', this paper proposes a model of … variable trade cost (distance) affects the number of exporters, which in turn affects the available information, the fixed cost …