The effects of the frequency of spatially proximate and distant interaction on innovation by Irish SMEs

dc.contributor.authorDoran, Justin
dc.contributor.authorJordan, Declan
dc.contributor.authorO'Leary, Eoin
dc.contributor.funderSouth-West and South-East Regional Authorities, Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-14T15:52:17Z
dc.date.available2012-11-14T15:52:17Z
dc.date.issued2012-08
dc.date.updated2012-11-07T13:09:22Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper tests whether more frequent interaction at different spatial levels has a positive effect on the innovation performance of SMEs in the South-West and South-East of Ireland.  Based on an original survey, it finds that more frequent interaction generally increases innovation likelihood, but at a diminishing rate, thus suggesting a trade-off between resources dedicated to transforming knowledge into new products and processes.  Spatially distant interaction is found to be at least as valuable as proximate interaction, which questions the received wisdom that the best sources of knowledge are regional.  Given the value of distant interaction, the results indicate that regional lock-in may be an obstacle to superior innovation performance of SMEs.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionSubmitted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationJustin Doran, Declan Jordan & Eoin O’Leary (2012): The effects of the frequency of spatially proximate and distant interaction on innovation by Irish SMEs, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal, 24:7-8, 705-727en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/08985626.2012.710261
dc.identifier.endpage727en
dc.identifier.issued7-8en
dc.identifier.journaltitleEntrepreneurship and Regional Developmenten
dc.identifier.startpage705en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/780
dc.identifier.volume24en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Ltd.en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08985626.2012.710261
dc.rightsThis is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article whose final and definitive form, the Version of Record, has been published in the Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal, 02 Aug 2012, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/08985626.2012.710261.en
dc.subjectInnovationen
dc.subjectIrish Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)en
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectPolicyen
dc.subjectProximityen
dc.subjectInteractionen
dc.titleThe effects of the frequency of spatially proximate and distant interaction on innovation by Irish SMEsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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