Barriers to Knowledge Acquisition, Transfer and Management in Regional Knowledge Economy Development

Abstract

A key characteristic of a knowledge economy is the

shift from an economy dominated by tangible assets to

one that is based on intangible, knowledge-based

assets, which consist primarily of human capital and

innovation. The success of a regional knowledge

economy is, in turn, measured by its ability to attract

and retain companies that focus on the production,

dissemination and application of knowledge, and on

the provision of services that involve the efforts of

knowledge workers. Two factors that are linked to a

thriving regional knowledge economy that is capable

of both continuous learning and innovation are the

sustainability of human capital for a knowledge

workforce and the sustainability of interorganizational

knowledge transfers. As such, a

research program was undertaken to identify and

analyze the challenges for human capital and interorganizational

knowledge transfer in service to

learning and innovation, towards the goal of regional

economic development.

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