Role of proximity in regional clusters : evidence from the software industry

Vas Zsófia: Role of proximity in regional clusters : evidence from the software industry. In: Regional competitiveness, innovation and environment. pp. 162-182. (2009)

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Abstract

In 1990s, the appearance of information and communicational technologies weakened the importance of geographical distance and changed the economic role of proximity, defined as small distance. Geographical proximity plays a crucial role in information and knowledge transfer and in improving the innovative capacity of firms. However, business partners may have successful cooperation in spite of great geographical distances too, due their relational proximity, by using the infocommunication technologies too. Benefiting from the advantages of geographical and relational proximity, clusters form in less developed regions too. Present paper attempts to explore the special characteristics of cluster formations in the software industry in the ‘knowledge isle’ of the less developed Southern Great Plain Region, in Szeged subregion. To map the relevance of the e geographical concentration and the industrial base of a potential software industry in Szeged subregion, it is substantial to count location quotient of employees and enterprises. With the purpose of surveying the fields of cooperation and the strength of relational proximity between software enterprises, a questionnaire is made.

Item Type: Book Section
Heading title: Innovation Systems and Regions
Journal or Publication Title: Regional competitiveness, innovation and environment
Date: 2009
ISSN: 1588-8533
Page Range: pp. 162-182
Series Name: SZTE Gazdaságtudományi Kar közleményei
Language: English
Related URLs: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/37421/
Uncontrolled Keywords: Regionális gazdaság - Magyarország, Regionális fejlesztés - Magyarország, Cluster-analízis
Additional Information: Bibliogr.: p. 181-182. ; összefoglalás angol nyelven
Subjects: 05. Social sciences
05. Social sciences > 05.02. Economics and business
Date Deposited: 2016. Oct. 17. 10:39
Last Modified: 2022. Feb. 15. 09:26
URI: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/36334

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