Viewing industrial clusters as a situational factor influencing knowledge transfer among enterprises inside of industrial clusters, the author analyzes the asymmetric advantages of knowledge transfer provided by an industrial cluster-a peculiar kind of industrial organization-to enterprises inside of it compared with those outside of it. Geographical and social proximity accelerates the transfer of knowledge, reduces the time and cost of knowledge search and overcomes the transferring barriers stemmed from the viscosity of knowledge. Network relationship among cluster enterprises provides a special channel for knowledge flow, which is favourable for the diffusion and transfer of tacit knowledge. The strength or weakness of network relationship existing among enterprises in clusters has a profound effect on the sustainability, cost and quality of knowledge transfer. The base of knowledge as well as the gap and differences of knowledge structure exerts an inverted U-shaped impact on knowledge transfer. This research has a certain guiding significance on cluster policy-making and knowledge sharing among cluster enterprises.
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