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The Role of Cluster Intermediaries for KIBS’ Resources and Innovation

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  • Sébastien Brion

    (CRET-LOG - Centre de Recherche sur le Transport et la Logistique - AMU - Aix Marseille Université, IREGE - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et en Economie - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc)

  • Rachel Bocquet

    (IREGE - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et en Economie - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc)

  • Caroline Mothe

    (IREGE - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et en Economie - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc)

Abstract

Knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) help manufacturing firms boost their innovation activities, yet the question of which kinds of resources and intermediaries KIBS need for their own innovation activities remains largely unstudied. The current article investigates whether clustered KIBS might need an intermediary to access innovation resources, by studying the effects of network administrative organizations (NAOs) on KIBS' resources for innovation. Using a survey of 53 KIBS in a French cluster, the authors find that NAOs directly affect both KIBS' internal and external resources for innovation. They also study the intermediary effect of NAOs on KIBS' absorptive capacity and provide recommendations for public policy to boost clustered KIBS' innovation intensity.

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  • Sébastien Brion & Rachel Bocquet & Caroline Mothe, 2016. "The Role of Cluster Intermediaries for KIBS’ Resources and Innovation," Post-Print hal-01412505, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01412505
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    1. Sébastien Brion & Elodie Gardet, 2018. "For a contingent approach of conflict resolution mechanisms: the case of innovation networks," Post-Print hal-01771604, HAL.

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    Network; Cluster; KIBS; Innovation;
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