---
entity_slug: market_proximity_advantage
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T05:47:48.162193'
overall_score: 2.0
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 1.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: There is no definition provided at all, making it impossible to assess
    precision or conceptual distinctness. Without any definition, this entity lacks
    the basic clarity needed for meaningful analysis.
- name: source_grounding
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: While Smith does discuss how proximity to markets affects costs and trade
    patterns (particularly in his analysis of transportation costs and local vs. distant
    markets), the specific framing as "market proximity advantage" may be imposing
    modern terminology on his more nuanced discussions. The concept likely has some
    basis in the source but needs verification of how Smith actually articulated these
    ideas.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 3.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The concept appears to relate to trade, transportation, and market efficiency,
    which are central economic themes in Smith's work. However, without a clear definition
    or specified domain, it's difficult to assess whether the placement captures the
    most important aspects of how proximity functions in Smith's analysis.
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: Market proximity could potentially relate to S1 (operational efficiency
    in production/trade) or S4 (environmental intelligence about market conditions),
    but without a clear definition, the VSM mapping remains speculative. The concept
    seems too underdeveloped to establish meaningful VSM connections.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: While proximity to markets is genuinely important in economic analysis
    and likely in Smith's work, this entity as currently formulated provides no explanatory
    mechanism or structural insight. It appears to name a phenomenon without illuminating
    how or why proximity creates advantages.
---

# Evaluation: Market Proximity Advantage

## definition_precision — 1.0 / 5.0

There is no definition provided at all, making it impossible to assess precision or conceptual distinctness. Without any definition, this entity lacks the basic clarity needed for meaningful analysis.

## source_grounding — 2.0 / 5.0

While Smith does discuss how proximity to markets affects costs and trade patterns (particularly in his analysis of transportation costs and local vs. distant markets), the specific framing as "market proximity advantage" may be imposing modern terminology on his more nuanced discussions. The concept likely has some basis in the source but needs verification of how Smith actually articulated these ideas.

## domain_placement — 3.0 / 5.0

The concept appears to relate to trade, transportation, and market efficiency, which are central economic themes in Smith's work. However, without a clear definition or specified domain, it's difficult to assess whether the placement captures the most important aspects of how proximity functions in Smith's analysis.

## vsm_relevance — 2.0 / 5.0

Market proximity could potentially relate to S1 (operational efficiency in production/trade) or S4 (environmental intelligence about market conditions), but without a clear definition, the VSM mapping remains speculative. The concept seems too underdeveloped to establish meaningful VSM connections.

## explanatory_value — 2.0 / 5.0

While proximity to markets is genuinely important in economic analysis and likely in Smith's work, this entity as currently formulated provides no explanatory mechanism or structural insight. It appears to name a phenomenon without illuminating how or why proximity creates advantages.
