Article: Knowledge creation process within high-tech SMEs in a context of industrial clusters: a cross-national comparison Journal: International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (IJEIM) 2022 Vol.26 No.5/6 pp.287 - 317 Abstract: This paper presents research results that aimed to explain the multilevel mechanism of the knowledge creation process in biotechnological industrial clusters. The conducted research was a cross-national research of four multiple case studies with an inferential and exploratory approach. The key finding of this paper is that SMEs have in common, a knowledge creation process, and that its elements were classified as a priori and a posteriori asset occurring at their internal levels. The French SMEs benefit from additional assets if compared with Brazilian SMEs and these assets allow the acceleration of their knowledge creation process, mainly due to financial supports, shared infrastructures, and collaborative projects. This study continues and further develops the model proposed by Nonaka and Takeuchi (1995), who described the knowledge creation process by identifying tangible and intangible assets that are retrieved from a multilevel structure. Implications for policymakers, scholars and practitioners are addressed. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Knowledge creation process within high-tech SMEs in a context of industrial clusters: a cross-national comparison

Authors: Marcos Ferasso; Adam Sulich; Andrzej Sztando

Addresses: Economics and Business Sciences Department, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, R. de Santa Marta, 56, 1169-023 Lisboa, Portugal; Facultad de Administración y Negocios, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile ' Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Komandorska 118/120, 53-345 Wrocław, Poland ' Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Komandorska 118/120, 53-345 Wrocław, Poland

Abstract: This paper presents research results that aimed to explain the multilevel mechanism of the knowledge creation process in biotechnological industrial clusters. The conducted research was a cross-national research of four multiple case studies with an inferential and exploratory approach. The key finding of this paper is that SMEs have in common, a knowledge creation process, and that its elements were classified as a priori and a posteriori asset occurring at their internal levels. The French SMEs benefit from additional assets if compared with Brazilian SMEs and these assets allow the acceleration of their knowledge creation process, mainly due to financial supports, shared infrastructures, and collaborative projects. This study continues and further develops the model proposed by Nonaka and Takeuchi (1995), who described the knowledge creation process by identifying tangible and intangible assets that are retrieved from a multilevel structure. Implications for policymakers, scholars and practitioners are addressed.

Keywords: intangible assets; tangible assets; industrial clusters; knowledge creation; small and medium-sized enterprises; SMEs; innovation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2022.128225

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2022 Vol.26 No.5/6, pp.287 - 317

Accepted: 06 Oct 2021
Published online: 12 Jan 2023 *

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