Information and Knowledge Sharing in Industrial Clusters - Theoretical Background and a Case Study

Karolína Kolerová, Tereza Otčenášková, Vladimír Bureš

2013

Abstract

Information and knowledge sharing represents currently usually not sufficiently utilised source of the competitive advantage. If appropriately managed, this should lead to better performance, higher efficiency and improved cooperation and communication within as well as among organisations. The advantages and disadvantages of information and knowledge sharing are discussed. Based on the semi-structured interviews and subsequent statistical analysis, the researched industrial cluster reveals the real practices and enables the comparison with the theoretical prerequisites. The findings prove the ineffectiveness of the sharing processes. Therefore, particular recommendations and suggestions for the improvements are provided and emphasised.

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Kolerová K., Otčenášková T. and Bureš V. (2013). Information and Knowledge Sharing in Industrial Clusters - Theoretical Background and a Case Study . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval and the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-75-4, pages 457-463. DOI: 10.5220/0004624104570463


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@conference{kmis13,
author={Karolína Kolerová and Tereza Otčenášková and Vladimír Bureš},
title={Information and Knowledge Sharing in Industrial Clusters - Theoretical Background and a Case Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval and the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={457-463},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004624104570463},
isbn={978-989-8565-75-4},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval and the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2013)
TI - Information and Knowledge Sharing in Industrial Clusters - Theoretical Background and a Case Study
SN - 978-989-8565-75-4
AU - Kolerová K.
AU - Otčenášková T.
AU - Bureš V.
PY - 2013
SP - 457
EP - 463
DO - 10.5220/0004624104570463