The Spatial Evolution of Innovation Networks: A Proximity Perspective

By Ron A. Boschma, Koen Frenken. 2010

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Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management

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Towards an Evolutionary Perspective on Regional Resilience (2015, background): “To overcome this proximity trade-off between efficiency and resilience, one could think of optimal levels of proximity between agents on the various proximity dimensions (Boschma and Frenken 2010).”
Formation and dissolution of inter-firm linkages in lengthy and stable networks in clusters (2015, background): “A close relation exists among these proximities (Ben Lataifa & Rabeau, 2013; Boschma & Frenken, 2010; Mattes, 2012), and the proximities co-evolve over time (Broekel, 2012).”
Moving innovation systems research to the next level: towards an integrative agenda (2017, unknown): “While social network analysis provides a powerful tool to represent and analyse linkages and knowledge flows between different types of actors in an innovation system, the interplay with institutional conditions tends to remain under-conceptualized (Boschma and Frenken, 2010).”
The dynamics of interfirm networks along the industry life cycle: The case of the global video game industry, 1987–2007 (2013, background): “Due to the entry and exit of firms, the nodes in a network come and go, and relationships are created and dissolved (Boschma and Frenken, 2010).”
A critical review of entrepreneurial ecosystems research: towards a future research agenda (2017, background): “To an increasing extent, research is searching for optimal levels of proximity between agents, as too little proximity hampers coordination while too much proximity may lead to lock-in (Boschma & Frenken, 2010; Grabher & Stark, 1997; Nooteboom, 2000).”
Knowledge networks in the Dutch aviation industry: The proximity paradox (2012, background): “It is also for this reason that one expects that excessive cognitive proximity may be harmful to performance (see Nooteboom et al., 2007; Boschma et al., 2009; Boschma and Frenken 2010).”
Regional worlds: from related variety in regional diversification to strategic coupling in global production networks (2020, background): “As well reviewed by Boschma and Frenken (2010, 2018), the EEG literature has to a certain extent examined the role of networks and gatekeepers in knowledge diffusion and innovative activities within industrial clusters and regional economies.”
Proximity, network formation and inventive performance: in search of the proximity paradox (2014, unknown): “… which states that proximity facilitates collaboration and knowledge sharing, but it does not necessarily increase innovative performance, too much proximity may even harm innovation (Boschma and Frenken, 2009; Broekel and Boschma, 2011).”
The Role of External Linkages and Gatekeepers for the Renewal and Expansion of US Cities' Knowledge Base, 1990–2004 (2015, background): “In particular, it has been pointed out that, given the highly localized nature of knowledge, knowledge exchanges among the same set of (co-located) actors may lose value over time as information becomes redundant and opportunities for recombination may fade out (BOSCHMA and FRENKEN, 2010).”
How does proximity affect interfirm marketing cooperation? A study of an agribusiness cluster (2015, background): “In particular, Boschma (2004, 2005) and Boschma and Frenken (2010) note that geographic proximity is only one of several dimensions of proximity and that all dimensions matter in explaining positive externalities (innovation in particular) for colocalized companies.”
Perspectives on Cluster Evolution: Critical Review and Future Research Issues (2015, background): “In order to avoid lock-ins, it may well be necessary to break with the typical evolution of networks along the progression of a cluster life cycle (Boschma & Frenken, 2010) and promote extra-regional networks.”
Proximity, networking and knowledge production in Europe: What lessons for innovation policy? (2013, background): “Boschma and Frenken (2010), in particular, explain how proximity (or similarity) can act as a driving force for the formation and the evolution of networks.”
Determinants of Cross-Border Venture Capital Investments in Emerging and Developed Economies: The Effects of Relational and Institutional Trust (2015, unknown): “In particular, we draw from proximity concepts (Boschma and Frenken 2010; Boschma 2005) and theories on institutional and relational trust.”