How it really works? A study about innovation and proximity - Slager, Bastiaan
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There are competing views in the literature about the influence of the level of geographical and cognitive proximity on the level of innovation. Many scholars agree that geographical proximity has a positive influence on the level of innovation. However, recent publications have criticised the importance of geographical proximity for innovation. They state that the current communication technologies (f.e. internet, e-mail) have the capacity to destroy' the distance between organizations. There is also a debate in the literature about the optimal cognitive distance between organizations. Hence,…mehr

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There are competing views in the literature about the influence of the level of geographical and cognitive proximity on the level of innovation. Many scholars agree that geographical proximity has a positive influence on the level of innovation. However, recent publications have criticised the importance of geographical proximity for innovation. They state that the current communication technologies (f.e. internet, e-mail) have the capacity to destroy' the distance between organizations. There is also a debate in the literature about the optimal cognitive distance between organizations. Hence, these competing views in the existing scientific literature ask for in-depth research about these topics.
Autorenporträt
Bastiaan Slager is a consultant at an independent international consultancy firm in the field of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Bastiaan holds a MSc degree in Organisation Studies (Tilburg University, 2008).