organizational trust and knowledge obtaining in industrial clusters

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1、OrganizationaltrustandknowledgeobtaininginindustrialclustersKuei-HsienNiuAbstractPurposeThisstudyseekstoinitiateanattempttoexamineempiricallytherelationshipbetweenafirmsindustrialclusterinvolvement,trust,andknowledgeobtaining.Design/methodology/approachAfi

2、eldsurveyresearchmethodwasusedanddatawerecollectedfromfourinternationalindustrialclusters,whichconsistof188companyresponses.Multipleregressionanalysiswasusedtoanalyzethedata.FindingsThestudyfoundthatgreaterinvolvementinanindustrialclustercanenhanceafirmsK

3、uei-HsienNiuisbasedinknowledge-obtainingpractices.Further,trustpartiallymediatestherelationshipbetweenindustrialtheManagementclusterinvolvementandknowledgeobtaining.Department,CaliforniaResearchlimitations/implicationsUsingself-reporteddatacouldbeapotent

4、iallimitationofthisStateUniversity,study.Itwouldbepreferabletohaveotherformsofdataforstudy.Sacramento,California,PracticalimplicationsThefindingsprovidebusinessexecutivesaswellaspolicymakerswithanewUSA.wayofthinkinginrespectofhowtodevelopafirmscompetitiven

5、essintodaysglobaleconomybyobtainingup-to-dateknowledgethroughtrustingrelationshipsinindustrialclusters.Originality/valueThemajorcontributionoftheworkisthatitisthefirstattempttooperationalizetheindustrialclusterconstructaswellastocreateacoherentmodelthatlo

6、gicallylinksindustrialclusters,trust,andknowledgeobtainingforempiricaltest.KeywordsClusteranalysis,Knowledgemanagement,Knowledgeengineering,Trust,CompetitivestrategyPapertypeResearchpaper1.IntroductionInaturbulentbusinessenvironment,manycountrieshaveprom

7、otedthedevelopmentofindustrialclusterswherefirmscandevelopcompetencesandcompetitiveadvantageagainsttheworld’sbestcompetitorsbysharingresources,innovativecapabilities,andknowledge.Anumberofresearchershaveacknowledgedthevalueofclustersinenhancingthefirm’scom

8、petitiveadvantageaswellasregionalcompetitiveness(e.g.Bresnahanetal.,2001)andhavepointedtotheadvantagesthatresultinthedevelopment,transfer,andapplicationofknowledgenecessaryforstayingcompetitiveintoday’sfastchangingenvironm