One of the main producers of wealth and prosperity of industrialized countries is the existence of sustainable systems, capable of converting technological innovation assets into substantial levels of industrial productivity, wealth and global competitiveness. However, very little has been capitalized from these cases for less developed regions. A framework is proposed (5Ls model), capable of empowering firms from industrial sectors of developing countries to: reach competitive Leverages; to Link and aLign these industrial clusters to their empowerment external drivers (academia, banking, complementary industries and government); to benchmark the cluster performance, against the best practices and Learn from the gaps; and, finally, to Lead and integrate the well performing clusters into world class value systems. To achieve these performances, a knowledge system architecture is proposed, which includes the 5Ls model supported by an effective structure of technological innovation systems (TIS), designed to administrate the collaboration network of diverse organizations, aligned to a common goal: the economic, social, political and cultural development of developing regions.
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October 01 2002
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Carlos Scheel
Carlos Scheel
Carlos Scheel is a Professor at EGADE‐Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), Monterrey, Mexico.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7484
Print ISSN: 1367-3270
© MCB UP Limited
2002
Journal of Knowledge Management (2002) 6 (4): 356–367.
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Scheel C (2002), "Knowledge clusters of technological innovation systems". Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 6 No. 4 pp. 356–367, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/13673270210440866
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