Types of models of activities of knowledge brokers

Innovativeness appears to be one of the most important attributes associated with the best of both public and private organizations. There are many studies conducted that aim at comparing the level of innovativeness among different regions. In general, one can assume that public and private organizations should cooperate and exchange their knowledge of both tangible and intangible elements within each region. However, it often happens that cooperation among organizations that possess distinct resources does not occur smoothly. This may also be because local social capital is not developed sufficiently to make it possible for companies to open their boundaries and allow some knowledge simply to spill over. That is why organizations like knowledge-brokers are necessary. Thanks to their activities, it becomes possible for companies to be able to acquire new and reliable knowledge sources at a local and non-local scale. The aim of the paper is to present emerging types of knowledge-brokers that result from the research conducted in Slaskie Voivodeship in 2018. The research method is a multiple case study with seven cases and deep interviews with people representing organizations responsible for taking part in knowledge and information transfer served as a major source of data. The results of analysis are presented and discussed, and further paths of research are proposed.