Author(s): Oluseye Oladayo Jegede
The study explored the dynamics of knowledge flow in a typical knowledge cluster in Nigeria. The research was grounded on the collection of first-hand data from two hundred (200) randomly selected informal ICT microenterprises by developing and administering survey instruments in the Otigba computer hardware cluster in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. The result showed that the basic means of identifying knowledge gap was through feedbacks received from customers and suppliers and through record keeping of problems encountered with the solutions that were provided. The result further showed that knowledge acquisition was achieved either through formal (university education and trainings) and informal methods (apprenticeship system and indigenous knowledge systems) while knowledge development was implemented by mix methods of learning - a blend of university education with apprenticeship system. The result also revealed that knowledge diffusion was communal in the cluster; the enterprises within the cluster were relatively innovative with process innovation ranking strongest. In all, knowledge sharing was the chief source of scaling-up of enterprises in the cluster without limiting the growth of individual enterprises.