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An Exploratory Study of Clusters, Knowledge Exchange and the Climate Change Issue

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Galbreath, Jeremy
Klass, Des
Charles, David
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2012
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Galbreath, Jeremy and Klass, Des and Charles, David. 2012. An Exploratory Study of Clusters, Knowledge Exchange and the Climate Change Issue, in Pillai, R. and Ozbilgin, M. and Harley, B. and Hartel, C. (ed), Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM), Dec 5-7 2012. Perth, Australia: ANZAM.
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The Proceedings of the26TH Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM)
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26TH Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM)
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This paper discusses an exploratory study of the climate change issue in the Tasmanian wine cluster. Following cluster theory, we predict knowledge exchange about climate change is widespread in clusters and, further, that it is more widespread within sub-clusters than between them. Finally, we posit that component knowledge about climate change is exchanged more readily than architectural knowledge. Using network analysis and a quantitative approach, all three hypotheses, surprisingly, are rejected. A discussion of the findings and their implications is presented along with future research directions.