Abstract
Regional clusters at different stages in their life-cycle, provide opportunities for benchmarking regional and trans-regional strategies for innovation and change management. The paper reports on trans-regional knowledge transfer and benchmarking strategies used to enhance the alignment of SME, operators and other stakeholders in regional oil and gas clusters in two regions with ongoing projects. These were part of separate regional initiatives to enhance innovation and competitiveness in the supply chain through support for SMEs as key repositories of niche expertise and local knowledge relevant to the competitiveness of large operators in particular and to the cluster and the region in general. The Western Australia and the UK North Sea oil and gas clusters are used as examples to highlight the recurring sociotechnical problem: solution scenarios that arose in facilitating communication and coordination of diverse stakeholders within and across regional clusters.This is part of a wider set of case studies developed by the network in the oil and and gas and automotive supply chain sector.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Complex Systems Concurrent Engineering |
Subtitle of host publication | Collaboration, Technology Innovation and Sustainability |
Editors | G Loureiro, R Curran |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 801-+ |
Number of pages | 3 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781846289767 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781846289750 |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Event | 14th International Conference on Concurrent Engineering - Sao Paulo, Brazil Duration: 1 Jan 2007 → … |
Conference
Conference | 14th International Conference on Concurrent Engineering |
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Country/Territory | Brazil |
Period | 1/01/07 → … |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- supply chain cluster
- trans-regional research networks
- benchmarking
- SME
- innovation
- human factors