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dc.contributor.authorMitchell, R.
dc.contributor.authorBoyle, B.
dc.contributor.authorBurgess, John
dc.contributor.authorMcNeil, K.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:42:16Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:42:16Z
dc.date.created2015-05-11T20:00:41Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationMitchell, R. and Boyle, B. and Burgess, J. and McNeil, K. 2014. "You Can't Make a Good Wine Without a Few Beers": Gatekeepers and knowledge flow in industrial districts. Journal of Business Research. 67 (10): pp. 2198-2206.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34247
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.01.007
dc.description.abstract

Knowledge sharing sometimes plays a key role in the performance of clustered organizations, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), however, SMEs also face significant knowledge-related disadvantages due to their lack of absorptive capacity and functional expertise. This study investigates the influence of technical specialists on knowledge flow in a wine cluster in Australia. The main contribution of this paper is a finding that the technical specialist's gatekeeping role both links clustered SMEs to the global wine “systemworld” by transferring knowledge of technical developments and innovation, and simultaneously develops and refines regional winemaking styles by sharing locally specific, experientially derived knowledge. Technical specialists drew on bridging and bonding social capital to identify and retrieve specialist knowledge, and were capable of assimilating complex technical knowledge into the cluster. These findings are particularly significant because recipients were typically small and micro-firms, which are frequently located outside cluster knowledge-network.

dc.publisherElsevier
dc.subjectKnowledge gatekeepers
dc.subjectKnowledge sharing
dc.subjectIndustrial clusters
dc.subjectSmall and medium size enterprise (SME)
dc.subjectSocial capital
dc.title"You Can't Make a Good Wine Without a Few Beers": Gatekeepers and knowledge flow in industrial districts
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume67
dcterms.source.number10
dcterms.source.startPage2198
dcterms.source.endPage2206
dcterms.source.issn0148-2963
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Business Research
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available
curtin.facultyCurtin Business School (CBS)


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