Title :
A study on the relation between properties of network activity and innovation in regional innovation clusters - perspective of social capital
Author :
Han, Junghee ; Kim, KwangJin ; Kang, LImo
Author_Institution :
Seoul Univ. of Venture & Inf., Seoul
Abstract :
In a society based on knowledge, the knowledge is crucial factor to innovation. It is impossible for a firm to possess all the knowledge for innovation. Tacit knowledge is harder than explicit knowledge in delivering information. In general, we know that explicit knowledge can be spillover through formal channel. On the contrary tacit knowledge can be delivered with ease through the informal channels. The purpose of this paper is to find whether the network activities based on social capital (trust and shared objective) differ in Korea clusters or not. Using data collected from multiple respondents in firms, we found there were no differences formal channel and informal channel regardless of industry sectors.
Keywords :
innovation management; knowledge management; social sciences; Korea; explicit knowledge; industry sectors; network activity; regional innovation clusters; social capital; tacit knowledge; Business; Collaboration; Companies; Couplings; Cultural differences; Global communication; Industrial relations; Knowledge transfer; Portals; Technological innovation; Innovation; Networks; Social capital; knowledge;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Innovation and Technology, 2008. ICMIT 2008. 4th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bangkok
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2329-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2330-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654434