Institutions of Technological Infrastructure (ITI) and the Generation and Diffusion of Knowledge

Bureth, Antoine; Héraud, Jean-Alain

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“…The point here is that a ‘nested offer' — able to meet the requests from a heterogeneous demand side — is articulated and visualized. That is, more in line with the classification of knowledge infrastructure integrants as proposed by Koschatzky and Héraud () and Bureth and Héraud ().Consequently, instead of incentivizing the advanced (e.g., science and technology) centers to move further up the learning curve, it may be more appropriate to focus on diffusion policies of knowledge and technology and to foresee a more central place for KIS. That could help to make more tenable and valorize the whole innovation system, leading to a better interplay between the supply and demand side — making the demand side and supply side more inclusive as well — and giving broader chances of non‐technological innovation.It may also be opportune to foster cooperation between actors of the first and second tier of knowledge infrastructure so that their complementarities become more apparent and spillovers to both sides — and to the demand side — can take place.…”

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“…GAIA 11 and AVIC, as representatives and integrating vehicles, could play a front-running role in this regard. Th at is, more in line with the classifi cation of knowledge infrastructure integrants as proposed by Koschatzky and Héraud ( 1996 ) and Bureth and Héraud ( 2001 ). Improve the utility of KIBS activities through a stronger interaction with demand-side sectors.…”

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“…It is important that the local demand side (at least in some carefully chosen niche markets) can act as a sophisticated vector in order for the supply side to 11 GAIA is the cluster organization for the information and communication technology sector in the Basque Country. Koschatzky and Héraud ( 1996 ) and Bureth and Héraud ( 2001 ).…”

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“…From the territorial innovation system strand, which studies the functioning or regional and national innovation systems, KIBS have come to be seen as an integrated part of such innovation systems. In this regard, Koschatzky and Héraud (1996) and Bureth and Héraud (2001) speak of a “first tier” of science and technology support infrastructure (public research centres) and a “second tier” of knowledge providers made up by private firms that provide services with a high knowledge intensity, such as IT, marketing and engineering services. The relevance of the second tier of business support provisioning has been stressed, among others, by Tödtling et al (2009) and Kamp and Bevis (2012).…”

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Are KIBS beneficial to international business performance

Kamp

Apodaca

2017

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test whether knowledge-intensive business services (KIBSs) contribute to international business activity. In line with studies from the servitization, the territorial competitiveness and the global value chain realm, it can be hypothesized that if KIBS consumption has a positive effect on business competitiveness, a correlation is discernible between “intensity of KIBS uptake” and “turnover and export performance at industrial sector level”. Design/methodology/approach To test this hypothesis, the authors make use of input-output tables from the Basque Country for the period 2000-2012 and regional accounts regarding turnover and export per sector and calculate how consumption of a series of KIBS correlates with turnover and export evolution for 14 industrial sectors. Findings The authors find a strong fit between consumption of KIBSs and international competitiveness parameters for the industrial sectors screened. Research limitations/implications The authors postulate that the use of KIBS is beneficial for consuming industries. Accordingly, the authors posit that having a sound KIBS basis in a territory contributes to (international) business competitiveness, and that industrial policies should foster the rapprochement of manufacturing sectors to KIBS. At the same time, the authors assume that reverse causalities may be at play (international competitiveness of manufacturing sectors boosts KIBS consumption through backward linkage effects). Practical implications The paper posits that having a sound KIBS basis in a territory contributes to international business competitiveness, and that industrial policies should foster a rapprochement of manufacturing sectors to KIBS. A further implication would be to look after a minimum critical mass and or to engage in KIBS capacity building in a territory. Absence of competitiveness-enhancing KIBS in a region may hamper business performance and staying power of user industries. The paper’s findings also imply that the posture of manufacturing firms towards uptake of knowledge-intensive services matters, and that fostering their proactiveness to interact with KIBS is indicated. Similarly, they form an argument in favour of considering KIBS as active subject matters for industrial policy design. Originality/value Amidst the several perspectives adopted upon KIBS’ role to foster business and territorial competitiveness, what is largely absent is the examination of how uptake of KIBS by respective sectors relates to the turnover or export evolutions that the sectors in question reveal. Consequently, the present paper sets out to examine this research question.

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Institutions of Technological Infrastructure (ITI) and the Generation and Diffusion of Knowledge

Cited by 6 publications

References 7 publications

Servitization in the Basque Economy

Servitization in the Basque Economy

Are KIBS beneficial to international business performance

University-Industry Relationships and Regional Innovation Systems: Analysis of the French Procedure Cifre

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