The study provides new important elements to the current system of knowledge, filling in the cognitive and research gaps in the scientific literature on problems related to proximity development in cluster organizations.

Anna Maria Lis is a Faculty Member of the Department of Management and Economics at Gdäsk University of Technology, Poland.

Adrian Lis is a Faculty Member at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, Poland.

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Prior and contemporary theories on industrial clusters Chapter 3. Concept of proximity Chapter 4. Research methodology Chapter 5. The role of proximity in the development of cooperation in cluster organizations: the results of a qualitative research Chapter 6. The role of proximity in the development of cooperation in cluster organizations: the results of quantitative research Chapter 7. Application of the generated concept of proximity to selected cluster organizations in Europe Chapter 8. Conclusions