The impact of formal SME networks in emerging economies: a study of formal manufacturing networks in Pakistan

Fayyaz, Anjum; Khan, Jamshed H.; Mian, Sarfraz A.

doi:10.1504/ijtip.2008.017406

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“…Third, we add to prior research on proximity and inter-firm cooperation in developing countries, which emphasise that non-geographic and geographic proximities are crucial in facilitating collaboration among clustered firms (Fayyaz et al, 2008;Geldes et al, 2015;Contreras Romero, 2018, Ferretti et al, 2022. Our findings suggest that cognitive and organisational dimensions, in addition to geographic and social proximities, are also crucial for technical advice sharing and innovation collaboration among clustered firms in developing countries (Boschma, 2005, Guo et al, 2021.…”

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“…Studying the role of proximity in facilitating cooperation among local firms in Lahore cluster is important for several reasons. First, prior research on industrial clusters in Pakistan suggests that most firms in the country are located in industrial clusters (Nadvi and Schmitz, 1999;Fayyaz et al, 2008) and hence they are more likely to have greater inter-firm cooperation with each other as compared to outside firms (Rehman, 2016;Contreras Romero, 2018).…”

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Proximity and its impact on the formation of product and process innovation networks among producer firms

Golra,

Rosiello,

Harrison

2023

Regional Studies

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Informal networks among manufacturing firms play an important role in the transfer of knowledge in industrial clusters. Proximity facilitates the networking process; however, empirical evidence on the relationship between multiple proximity dimensions and different kinds of innovation networks is scarce, especially in developing economies. Using multiple regression quadratic assignment procedures (MRQAP), this paper studies the relationship between four proximity dimensions and innovation networks for new product and new process innovations in the Lahore textile cluster in Pakistan. Our findings suggest that both geographic and non-geographic proximity dimensions show a distinct impact on product and process innovations networks.

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