Article: Technological learning in natural resources-based activities: the role of idiosyncratic knowledge and knowledge intensive business services Journal: International Journal of Business Environment (IJBE) 2024 Vol.15 No.3/4 pp.358 - 383 Abstract: This paper discusses the relationship between productive specialisation and the accumulation of technological capabilities. In particular, it analyses a potential move towards a more knowledge-intensive economic structure through technological learning in natural resources-based activities as opposed to the conventional thinking in which learning occurs only as a result of the creation and expansion of a high-tech manufacturing industry. Using evidence from the sectors of seeds, non-conventional oil and gas and wind energy from a multiple case study, the paper discusses the specificities of innovation in natural resources-based activities and the role of the idiosyncratic knowledge needed to develop such activities both as a source of technological capabilities accumulation and sustainable innovation. As part of this, the paper shows that the development of local knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) based on general-purpose technologies can be the main driver of productivity gains and environmental preservation. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Technological learning in natural resources-based activities: the role of idiosyncratic knowledge and knowledge intensive business services

Authors: Darío Milesi; Carlos Aggio; Vladimiro Verre

Addresses: Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina ' Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Argentina ' Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina

Abstract: This paper discusses the relationship between productive specialisation and the accumulation of technological capabilities. In particular, it analyses a potential move towards a more knowledge-intensive economic structure through technological learning in natural resources-based activities as opposed to the conventional thinking in which learning occurs only as a result of the creation and expansion of a high-tech manufacturing industry. Using evidence from the sectors of seeds, non-conventional oil and gas and wind energy from a multiple case study, the paper discusses the specificities of innovation in natural resources-based activities and the role of the idiosyncratic knowledge needed to develop such activities both as a source of technological capabilities accumulation and sustainable innovation. As part of this, the paper shows that the development of local knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) based on general-purpose technologies can be the main driver of productivity gains and environmental preservation.

Keywords: natural resources; idiosyncratic knowledge; sustainable innovation; technological learning; development.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBE.2024.139676

International Journal of Business Environment, 2024 Vol.15 No.3/4, pp.358 - 383

Received: 14 Feb 2023
Accepted: 14 Jun 2023
Published online: 05 Jul 2024 *

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