Kamnungwut, Weeranan and Guy, Frederick (2012) Knowledge in the air and cooperation among firms: traditions of secrecy and the reluctant emergence of specialization in the ceramic manufacturing district of Lampang, Thailand. Environment and Planning A 44 (7), 1679- 1695. ISSN 0308-518x.
Abstract
We study interfirm relations among ceramic tableware manufacturers in the city of Lampang, Thailand. Data consist of face-to-face interviews with the principals of thirty-four manufacturers, and with representatives of supporting institutions. We find that specialization in production and knowledge sharing are complementary; that knowledge sharing is substantially discretionary, rather than taking the form of passive spillovers; and that a weak knowledge base, built on firm-based training within vertically integrated mass producers, constrains the development of flexible specialization, despite the efforts of numerous local and external actors.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | cluster, industrial district, specialization, knowledge transfer, ceramic industry, developing economies |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Innovation Management Research, Birkbeck Centre for |
| Depositing User: | Frederick Guy |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Feb 2013 10:35 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:02 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/6117 |
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