Knowledge Sharing in an Emerging Industry Cluster: A Saudi Arabian Case Study

This study explored how clustering supports knowledge sharing in an emerging, government-directed industry cluster in the context of Saudi Arabia. It established that lateral actors play a leading facilitative role while the presence of formal, informal mechanisms and personal ties among actors supp...

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Main Author: Zafer, Aliah Mohammad A
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56526
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description This study explored how clustering supports knowledge sharing in an emerging, government-directed industry cluster in the context of Saudi Arabia. It established that lateral actors play a leading facilitative role while the presence of formal, informal mechanisms and personal ties among actors supports cluster knowledge sharing. Limited numbers of vertical and horizontal actors located in the cluster partly account for limited strength and depth of social capital and the lack of trust which impedes knowledge sharing.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-565262017-10-04T02:01:40Z Knowledge Sharing in an Emerging Industry Cluster: A Saudi Arabian Case Study Zafer, Aliah Mohammad A This study explored how clustering supports knowledge sharing in an emerging, government-directed industry cluster in the context of Saudi Arabia. It established that lateral actors play a leading facilitative role while the presence of formal, informal mechanisms and personal ties among actors supports cluster knowledge sharing. Limited numbers of vertical and horizontal actors located in the cluster partly account for limited strength and depth of social capital and the lack of trust which impedes knowledge sharing. 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56526 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Zafer, Aliah Mohammad A
Knowledge Sharing in an Emerging Industry Cluster: A Saudi Arabian Case Study
title Knowledge Sharing in an Emerging Industry Cluster: A Saudi Arabian Case Study
title_full Knowledge Sharing in an Emerging Industry Cluster: A Saudi Arabian Case Study
title_fullStr Knowledge Sharing in an Emerging Industry Cluster: A Saudi Arabian Case Study
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge Sharing in an Emerging Industry Cluster: A Saudi Arabian Case Study
title_short Knowledge Sharing in an Emerging Industry Cluster: A Saudi Arabian Case Study
title_sort knowledge sharing in an emerging industry cluster: a saudi arabian case study
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56526