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The role of technology-based knowledge-intensive business services in the innovation performance of manufacturing firms in Mexico
Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2020
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Carrillo Carrillo, Francisco
Volume
11
Issue
4
Start Page
357
End Page
381
Citation
International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development 11 (4): 357-381 (2020)
Publisher DOI
Scopus ID
Publisher
Inderscience Publishers
This paper examines the role of Technology-based Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (T-KIBS) as potential suppliers of crucial knowledge for innovation in foreign and domestic manufacturing firms in medium technology sectors. An emphasis is made on the mechanisms in which T-KIBS impact the innovation outputs of firms. The analysis is based on a sample of 3 907 manufacturing firms with 10 or more employees from the period of 2010 to 2013. The results show that product innovation in medium-low-tech (MLT) and medium-high-tech (MHT) manufacturing firms is positively influenced by T-KIBS to different extents depending on their ownership. Our findings suggest that T-KIBS might be linked to greater rates of innovation in manufacturing firms in an emerging economy.
Subjects
Emerging economies
Innovation output
Knowledge-intensive business services
Manufacturing firms
Medium-high-tech manufacturing
Medium-low-tech manufacturing
Ownership
Product innovation
Technology-based KIBS
DDC Class
330: Economics
670: Manufacturing