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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

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2012

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0308518X

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10.1068/a44522

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2-s2.0-84865193185

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มหาวิทยาลัยศรีนครินทรวิโรฒ

Bibliographic Citation

Environment and Planning A. Vol 44, No.7 (2012), p.1679-1695

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Kamnungwut W., Guy F. 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. Vol 44, No.7 (2012), p.1679-1695. doi:10.1068/a44522 Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/6979

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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

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Kamnungwut W.
 Guy F.

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. © 2012 Pion and its Licensors.

Subject(s)

Ceramics
 Cluster analysis
 Knowledge
 Specialization
 Spillover effect
 Lampang
 Northern Region [Thailand]
 Thailand

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/6979

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