Proximity and multinational enterprise co-location in clusters: a multiple case study of Dutch science parks

Duc, Niels le; Lindeque, Johan Paul

doi:10.1080/13662716.2017.1355230

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“…These aspects are essential for increasing institutional proximity. Openness and wide participation in these processes ensure the avoidance of any potential institutional rigidity that might have negative effects on the externalities produced through this proximity dimension [56].…”

Section: The Power Of Platforms As Proximity Enablersmentioning

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Platforms Enhancing Proximity in the Digital Era

Panori

2024

Platforms

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Platforms have the ability to create connected digital spaces where different actors co-exist and work together. The paper explores the power of platforms as enablers of a new channel of proximity, called digital proximity. It argues that platforms enable interactions, information flows, and network formation through digital proximity, which can effectively reinforce externalities complementing existing proximity forms or bypassing physical space barriers. Firms and industries adopting platform-based tools can create meaningful channels for increasing their proximity at an intra- and inter-firm level. The study uses data from the Digital Economy and Society database covering 25 EU countries for the years 2019 and 2021. It calculates the degree of adoption by EU firms at the national level for a set of selected platform-based technologies closely related to different proximity forms. It investigates the relationship between digital proximity, firm size, and industry, also introducing a geographical dimension. The evidence suggests that large firms have managed to integrate platform-based technologies to a greater extent, whereas small and medium firms still lack leveraging the full power of platforms. Increased adoption at the country level is also related to increased productivity, indicating the geographical dimension of platforms. The paper argues that platforms can be seen as a new means for balancing uneven spatial capabilities for producing proximity, indicating a high potential for fostering territorial cohesion. It concludes by suggesting that future research should measure the effects of digital proximity on development and their causal relationship to better elaborate on the implications of platforms on development.

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Section: The Power Of Platforms As Proximity Enablersmentioning

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Platforms Enhancing Proximity in the Digital Era

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2024

Platforms

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“…The interviews ranged between 30 minutes to 2 hours depending on how the interviews progressed and were administered over Zoom to avoid in-person contact during the pandemic. Interviews were conducted in Bengali and translated in a spirit of active reflexive deliberation to minimize any impact on the reliability of the research (le Duc & Lindeque, 2018;Piekkari & Welch, 2006). We developed an interview protocol consisting of an interview guide to direct us through the discussions focusing on the following specific aspects: a) origin of the enterprise, b) challenges of running a small enterprise during a pandemic, c) strategies adopted to adapt to changing environment, d) plans for the post-pandemic period.…”

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Small Enterprise Challenges and Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis

Dhar

Farzana²

2021

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Purpose: This study proposes a framework combining crisis challenges and response actions for crisis survival of small enterprises during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach: We adopted a qualitative research design using a multiple case study method collecting data from four small firms in Bangladesh. Findings: The findings of this study are expected to contribute to the literature on the small enterprise and COVID-19 context, providing useful insight into crisis survival for small firms, especially in developing countries. Research limitations/implications: To counter these challenges, firms adopted short-term and long-term response strategies that resulted in survival for these businesses. Practical implications: We derive a conceptual framework for crisis survival based on the learnings from the cases that would enable small firms to build resilience to crisis episodes. Additionally, we suggest recommendations that small enterprise owners and policymakers can adopt to improve the resilience during exogenous crisis periods. Originality/value: This paper is original Paper type: Research paper

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“…Recent studies have focused on the relationship between the various dimensions of proximity and collaboration (Balland, 2012; Hansen, 2015), knowledge sharing (Agrawal et al , 2008; Huber, 2012) and innovation (Mattes, 2012). More recently, Le Duc and Lindeque (2018) examine the impact of the different dimensions of proximity on the location choices of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in Dutch science parks. Thus, building upon these studies and following Boschma (2005), we propose that institutional proximity and/or cognitive proximity between agents may facilitate the exchange of ideas, ultimately leading to productivity gains for those firms.…”

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The impact of institutional proximity, cognitive proximity and agglomeration economies on firm-level productivity

Noonan

O’Leary

Doran

2020

JES

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PurposeThis paper analyses the impact of institutional proximity, cognitive proximity and geographical proximity (in the form of agglomeration economies) on the firm-level productivity of foreign-owned firms in Ireland. The analysis of agglomeration economies, consisting of internal economies of scale, localization economies, related variety and urbanization economies, has a strong pedigree in regional economics literature. Increasingly, however, alternative explanations of firm-level productivity performance have been explored with institutional and cognitive proximity often identified as other important determinants of performance. This paper presents an analysis of the importance of agglomeration economies (based on geographical proximity) versus institutional and cognitive proximity (which may be a-spatial).Design/methodology/approachA series of measures capturing regional level agglomeration economies are generated as well as measures of institutional and cognitive proximity. The impact of these effects on foreign-owned firm-level productivity is analysed using data from the Irish Census of Industrial Local Units 2009. The estimation method employed is general method of moments (GMM) which allows for the potential endogeneity of variables within the system of analysis.FindingsThe results reveal that institutional proximity has a positive impact on productivity. A possible reason for this result is that local units of the same nationality are sharing knowledge in relation to successfully conducting business in Ireland. However, cognitive proximity is found to be statistically insignificant. Agglomeration economies are also important with urbanization economies and the availability of skilled labour having a positive effect on productivity.Originality/valueThe key contributions of this paper are as follows; firstly, the paper provides the first test of the institutional and cognitive proximity hypotheses on productivity while also controlling for a series of internal and external agglomeration economies. Secondly, the analysis considers, firm level, regional level and national level indicators as determinants of firm's productivity. In combining micro and macro level indicators, the paper attempts to answer the call of Van Oort et al. (2012) for such analyses. Thirdly, the paper provides the first detailed examination of the role of ‘proximity’ on foreign-owned manufacturing firms in the Irish context.

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Proximity and multinational enterprise co-location in clusters: a multiple case study of Dutch science parks

Cited by 11 publications

References 93 publications

Platforms Enhancing Proximity in the Digital Era

Platforms Enhancing Proximity in the Digital Era

Small Enterprise Challenges and Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis

The impact of institutional proximity, cognitive proximity and agglomeration economies on firm-level productivity

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