The Researches On Knowledge Transfer And Firm Growth In Clusters

With the boom of clusters and arise of knowledge-based economy, it is a visual angle to study firm growth in clusters from knowledge transfer. According to the knowledge-based theory of the firm, firm growth is considered as an ongoing increase of knowledge. There are three variables analyzing firm growth: knowledge storage, knowledge increase and knowledge quality. Knowledge increase which directly comes from knowledge transfer in clusters is the key variable. Consequently, knowledge transfer plays an important part in firm growth in clusters. Every firm paying attention to knowledge transfer will grow.It is one of innovations to study clusters using the frame of knowledge transfer. Based on it, the thesis acquires two important conclusions. One is the mechanism of knowledge transfer acting on firm growth in clusters. The other is the main media of explicit knowledge transfer and tacit knowledge transfer.Knowledge transfer's context is one of important factors on firm growth. It is another innovation that the thesis constructs the model of knowledge transfer's context. With the use of the model, the thesis gets the methods to realize the active action of knowledge transfer on firm growth.The firms' absorptive capability is another factor which determines the action degree on firm growth. It is the function of former knowledge storage and knowledge quality. The clustered firms form the knowledge spiral repeating the circle of socialization, articulation, combination and internalization. As a result, firms have the abilities of continual growth.