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Natural Resource Industries As a Platform for the Development of Knowledge Intensive Industries.
- Source :
- Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (Journal of Economic & Social Geography); Apr2015, Vol. 106 Issue 2, p154-168, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- In the innovation and development literature, natural resources ( NR) are generally viewed as a curse for developing nations and NR-based industries as having little potential to innovate and drive long-term growth. This has led policy and development experts to opt for strategies to induce a shift in the pattern of specialization towards other sectors. This paper proposes a different approach. By exploring recent evidence from the Argentinean agricultural sector and the mining industry in Chile, it points to the window of opportunity that NR industries offer as a platform to develop knowledge intensive industries with which to support economic development in resource-endowed countries. The lessons drawn from these findings suggest that development strategies can also promote more innovative knowledge intensive NR-based industries rather than moving away from them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0040747X
- Volume :
- 106
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (Journal of Economic & Social Geography)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 101555246
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12136