Knowledge Diffusion within the Datang Sock-manufacturing Cluster in China

Gang Zhang, Qian Xu and Xiaming Liu

Regional Studies, 2011, vol. 45, issue 7, 977-996

Abstract: Zhang G., Xu Q. and Liu X. Knowledge diffusion within the Datang sock-manufacturing cluster in China, Regional Studies. In this paper, a cognitive community-based analytic framework is established to investigate intra-cluster knowledge diffusion. The results from both a case study on a sock-manufacturing cluster in China and an agent-based simulation indicate that the initial pattern of knowledge distribution has a significant impact on the process of knowledge diffusion in a cluster. A cluster with a higher knowledge level but lower knowledge heterogeneity enjoys higher efficiency of knowledge diffusion.

Keywords: Knowledge diffusion; Cluster; Case study; Simulation; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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