The Demise of Distance? The Declining Role of Physical Proximity for Knowledge Transmission

Authors: JOHNSON, DANIEL K. N.1; SIRIPONG, ALYN2; BROWN, AMY S.3

Source: Growth and Change, Volume 37, Number 1, March 2006 , pp. 19-33(15)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

Purchase options

The full text electronic article is available for purchase. You will be able to download the full text electronic article after payment.

$39.62 plus tax      Refund Policy

OR

 
More like this?
Content Key:
Free Content - Free
New Content - New
Open Access Content - Open Access
Subscribed Content - Subscribed
Free Trial Content - Free Trial

Abstract:

The transmission of knowledge diminishes with physical distance, one factor explaining the geographic clustering of scientific and industrial activity. The authors investigate how those distances have stretched over time—between collaborating inventors, and between inventors and the technology that inspires them. While physical distance is still a factor, it is clear that its constraining effects have weakened, especially for particular types of innovators, technologies, and regions of the United States.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2006.00304.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Economics and Business, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado 2: Health Economics Program, Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 3: Graduate Program in Economics, UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Back to top

Content Key:
Free Content - Free
New Content - New
Open Access Content - Open Access
Subscribed Content - Subscribed
Free Trial Content - Free Trial
Share this item with others: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
Page Help Click here for Page Help
Shopping cart
Tools
Sign in
Need to register?
Sign up here
Text size: A | A | A | A