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Communities of inventors and knowledge flows : transcending social and geographic distances

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  • Jojo Jacob

    (MTS - Management Technologique et Strategique - EESC-GEM Grenoble Ecole de Management)

  • Bulat Sanditov

    (IMT-BS - DEFI - Département Droit, Economie et Finances - TEM - Télécom Ecole de Management - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris], LITEM - Laboratoire en Innovation, Technologies, Economie et Management (EA 7363) - EESC-GEM Grenoble Ecole de Management - UEVE - Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne - TEM - Télécom Ecole de Management)

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A fairly large body of literature, employing primarily patent citations data, has argued that geographic distance constraints knowledge spillovers (Jaffe 1989, Verspagen & Schoenmakers, 2004, Singh & Marx 2013). This stream of work emphasises the tacit dimension of knowledge- a property that makes knowledge sticky and rather immobile. Knowledge acquisition therefore requires, the argument goes, close personal interaction. These interactions can often be informal and are thus best facilitated by physical proximity between parties.

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  • Jojo Jacob & Bulat Sanditov, 2014. "Communities of inventors and knowledge flows : transcending social and geographic distances," Grenoble Ecole de Management (Post-Print) hal-01290858, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:gemptp:hal-01290858
    Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://hal.science/hal-01290858
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