Intra-organizational and inter-organizational knowledge sharing in collaborative learning process: A conceptual framework for SME

The purpose of this paper is to describe interaction between intra-organizational knowledge sharing and inter-organizational knowledge sharing in collaborative learning process. Collaborative learning is defined as a learning process that occurs during interaction between more than two entities that have common purpose. Many previous research has shown that collaborative learning is an effective method to manage intellectual asset and speed up learning process in organization, especially for organization with limited resources like SME's. Collaborative learning was facilitated through effective knowledge sharing between organization (inter-organizational knowledge sharing) and knowledge sharing within organization (intra-organizational knowledge sharing). Despite its importance, there were still limited number of research that describe interaction between those two knowledge sharing in collaborative learning process. This paper will develop a conceptual framework for intra-organizational and inter-organizational knowledge sharing in collaborative learning process based on previous research and literature. The developed framework will be validated using case study in two SME cluster in Indonesia.