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| Author: | Cornish, S. |
| Title: | Product innovation and the spatial dynamics of market intelligence: does proximity to markets matter? |
| Journal: | Economic Geography
1997 : APR, VOL. 73:2, p. 143-165 |
| Index terms: | ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY INNOVATION SPATIAL ECONOMICS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The expanding literature on the contribution of producer services to production and new product development makes it clear that information about markets, or market intelligence (MI), is a critical input to product innovation. At the same time, research on user-producer interaction suggests that as distance between producers and users increases, the amount of information exchanged tends to decline because opportunities for face-to-face conduct diminish. The implication is that firms in peripheral locations and countries with small domestic markets may have difficulty generating sufficient MI to develop successful products. |
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