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The Role of Proximity in Resources Exchanged by Incubatees of Biopartner Center Leiden, the Netherlands

dc.contributor.authorSchutjens, Veronique
dc.contributor.authorKruger, Maarten
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-09T14:44:04Z
dc.date.available2021-08-09T14:44:04Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-30
dc.identifier.issn1231-1952
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11089/38505
dc.description.abstractSubject literature assumes that spatial proximity stimulates collaboration in thematic clusters. However, even in micro-scale settings, resource exchange is rare or entails only tangible resources. We empirically unravel how specific proximity indicators relate to the types of resources exchanged in incubatees’ business relationships. Based on 118 business relationships of incubatees, we conclude that on the micro-scale of an incubator, site proximity to another incubatee has a limited relation and geographical proximity to business partners outside the incubator has no relation to the types of resources exchanged. For the latter business relationships, personal similarity positively relates to the exchange of specific business knowledge resources.en
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiegopl
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEuropean Spatial Research and Policy;1en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subjecttypes of resources exchangeden
dc.subjectbusiness relationshipsen
dc.subjectspatial proximityen
dc.subjectpersonal similarityen
dc.subjectuniversity business incubatoren
dc.titleThe Role of Proximity in Resources Exchanged by Incubatees of Biopartner Center Leiden, the Netherlandsen
dc.typeArticle
dc.page.number75-104
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationSchutjens, Veronique - Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences, Princetonlaan 8A, 3584 CB Utrecht, the Netherlandsen
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationKruger, Maarten - Bureau Buiten, Achter Sint Pieter 160, 3512 HT Utrecht, the Netherlandsen
dc.identifier.eissn1896-1525
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dc.contributor.authorEmailSchutjens, Veronique - v.a.j.m.schutjens@uu.nl
dc.contributor.authorEmailKruger, Maarten - maarten.kruger@bureaubuiten.nl
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