On the role and interrelationship of spatial, social and cognitive proximity: personal knowledge relationships of R&D workers in the Cambridge Information Technology Cluster
Huber, Franz (2011) On the role and interrelationship of spatial, social and cognitive proximity: personal knowledge relationships of R&D workers in the Cambridge Information Technology Cluster. Regional Studies(doi:10.1080/00343404.2011.569539)
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Although the importance of proximity has been highlighted, it remains an open question which types and levels of proximity are critical for knowledge networks. This paper addresses this issue by examining the role of spatial, social and cognitive proximity of personal knowledge relationships in the Cambridge information technology cluster. It is shown that distinguishing between sub-dimensions of cognitive proximity can clarify the 'proximity paradox'. Moreover, the results highlight that local relationships enable access to cognitively more diverse knowledge than non-local ones. Finally, the paper provides empirical evidence of a compensation mechanism: distance in one dimension is compensated by proximity in at least one other dimension. However, similarity in terms of technical language cannot be easily substituted.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSN: | 0034-3404 (print) 1360-0591 (electronic) |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business and Law > Southampton Management School > Strategy & Innovation |
| ePrint ID: | 201619 |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/201619 |
| Funder: | Gates Cambridge Scholarship |
| Deposited On: | 31 Oct 2011 16:27 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2011 16:27 |
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