eprintid: 3959
rev_number: 5
eprint_status: archive
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dir: disk0/00/00/39/59
datestamp: 2022-08-16 13:11:35
lastmod: 2022-08-16 13:11:35
status_changed: 2022-08-16 13:11:35
type: thesis
metadata_visibility: show
sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Russo, Marco
creators_id: S3937615
creators_email: marco.f.russo5@gmail.com
title: Influence of Geographical Proximity on Cooperation and Competition in Innovation Networks
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: The role of proximity in innovation networks has increasingly become a topic of interest in management studies, organizational studies, economic geography, etc. (Lazzaretti & Capone, 2016). Close proximity brings firms together (Boschma, 2005), granting them access to assets that they do not own but are necessary for developing certain activities (Quintana-Garcia and Benavides-Velasco, 2004). These benefits result from cooperation between the firms in knowledge creation and innovation, but the driving force behind networks of firms is competition (Newlands, 2002). Competition and cooperation complement each other through a process called “coopetition” (Kim, 2020). The aim of this research is to investigate the degree to which geographical proximity influences the cooperation and simultaneous competition among firms in an innovation network. The Umbria E-mobility Network was used as a case study in order to conduct this research. Quantitative research methods were used and resulted insignificant, suggesting that, in the case of the Umbria E-mobility Network, geographical proximity does not influence competition and cooperation.
date: 2022
pages: 30
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: SGP
tutors_name: Abbasiharofteh, M.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Economische Geografie
tutors_email: m.abbasiharofteh@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: Proximity
keywords_local: Innovation networks
keywords_local: Competition
keywords_local: Cooperation
keywords_local: Coopetition
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2022-08-11
citation:   Russo, Marco  (2022) Influence of Geographical Proximity on Cooperation and Competition in Innovation Networks.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3959/1/Thesis.pdf