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. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie.
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Marin, A., Navas-Alemán, L., & Perez, C. (2015). Natural resource industries as a platform for the development of knowledge intensive industries. Tijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie, 106(2), 154–168. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12136
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