Abstract. Industrial clusters bring member rms the opportunities and advantages to save resources and increase competitiveness through cooperation and joint activities. One of these opportunities is knowledge exchange, using shared resources. If cluster rms want to create knowledge directly or acquire it out of cluster, it is necessary to spend much money and time. The aim is to maximize knowledge transfer between rms of a cluster regarding the limitation of budget and time, using existing knowledge ow networks. This problem is formulated with a new model of mixed integer programming and solved by the CPLEX solver for Semnan plaster production industrial clusters. The results of sensitivity analysis show that knowledge transfer is much more in uenced by budget than by time constraints. The results help cluster managers to have a better understanding, regarding the available resources and business conditions, to maximize the results obtained from knowledge transfer process in industrial cluster members.
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