Knowledge potential of clusters: a comparative study from Turkey and Finland

Abstract

Knowledge-based view recognizes the importance of knowledge as a source of competitive advantage and organizational learning as the underlying process for the creation of such advantage. Clusters have been identified as influential mechanisms to drive innovations through knowledge sharing and knowledge creation activities among cluster members. This study follows these streams of research and aims to assess and benchmark the knowledge potential of two tourism clusters from Turkey and Finland using an adapted version of the emerald model. The bench-marking of the two clusters enables soliciting recommendations for policy makers to improve the knowledge potentials of their clusters.