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

Darío Milesi, Carlos Aggio and Vladimiro Verre

International Journal of Business Environment, 2024, vol. 15, issue 3/4, 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.

Keywords: natural resources; idiosyncratic knowledge; sustainable innovation; technological learning; development. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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