Knowledge sharing in small and medium enterprises a case study of creative clothing industry in Bandung

When knowledge becomes the substantial capital of organisation, the process of sharing knowledge within and outside the organisa - tion becomes an important point to develop the organisation. related with knowledge-based economy, the concept of knowledge hub as the meeting point to generate, transfer and share knowledge is proven by several cases in the world (Silicon Valley, Aston Science Park, Bangalore, AB c cluster Germany, Munich-high tech zone, etc.). in the case of small and me - dium enterprises (SM es), it had not been researched yet about how the knowledge hub should support the process of knowledge sharing, and also how is the exist - ing process knowledge sharing in the SMes. This research aims to explore the pattern of knowledge sharing in SM es, especially the one that incorporated in a knowl - edge hub, using the Triple helix model. The research provided the empirical findings from the case of creative clothing industry in Bandung, West Java, indonesia. The research clarified the norma - tive aspect of knowledge sharing process in the industry and also discovered the existing condition so that the researcher can suggest some prescriptive points to develop knowledge sharing process in the creative clothing industry. The re - sult will became a useful foundation for the future research of knowledge sharing process in other type of SMes. The research also provided empirical result from creative cloth