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Unleashing Innovative Power. Solving cognitive, social and geographic distance issues with informal institutional proximity

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  • Cathrin Sollner
  • Dirk Fornahl

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Literature nowadays claims that innovation is no longer an only ‘one-organization-show’ but that more and more organizations conduct innovative activities in collaboration. To collaborate successfully, cognitive, social, geographic and institutional distances have to be bridged. Especially interesting is the moderating impact of informal institutions, as being at the basis of every human interaction. However, an extensive investigation is still missing. Therefore, the present research makes a first step in closing this research gap, revealing that informal institutional distances are like a diverse puzzle not to be underestimated, as each of the dimensions has different effects on different forms of distances.

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  • Cathrin Sollner & Dirk Fornahl, 2020. "Unleashing Innovative Power. Solving cognitive, social and geographic distance issues with informal institutional proximity," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 2047, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Sep 2020.
    • Handle: RePEc:egu:wpaper:2047
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    research collaboration; informal institutional distance; proximity interactions; patent quality;
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    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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