Firm Mobility and Organizational Networks: Innovation, Embeddedness and Economic Geography »

"Joris Knoben illustrates that the number of firm relocations has grown steadily and considerably over the last decade and, at the same time, relationships between organizations have become more important to firm performance. It is often argued that these relationships require geographical stability, and so the author explores how these two seemingly contradictory observations can be reconciled." This multidisciplinary perspective on the relations between organizational networks, spatial firm mobility, and firm performance will be of interest to a range of scholars, including organization scientists, regional scientists and economic geographers and, managers of relocating companies as well as consultants in this field.

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1 Introduction 1

2 The Effects of Firm Relocation on Firm Performance: State of the Art and Directions for Future Research 12

3 Radical Changes in Inter-organizational Network Structures: The Longitudinal Gap 29

4 Proximity and Inter-organizational Collaboration: A Literature Review and Beyond 47

5 Research Approach and Data Collection 71

6 A Relational Account of the Causes of Firm Relocation 87

7 The Effects of Firm Relocation on Firm Performance 107

8 Conclusions 133

References 145

Index 163