Embodied knowledge and sectoral linkages: An input–output approach to the interaction of high- and low-tech industries

By Johan Hauknes, M. Knell. 2009

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This paper considers the measurement of the direct and indirect flows of knowledge between different technology-intensive industries in France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and the United States. Using the OECD Input-Output database and the ANBERD database, we show that product-embodied knowledge accounts for about half of total technology use, on average, but with a substantial variation between industries. We then develop a general two-sector linkage measure that allows us to examine the interaction between predominantly technology producing industries (generally high-tech) and predominantly technology using industries (generally low-tech). This study shows that the medium-high and medium-low tech industries, identified as specialized-supplier and scale-intensive industries, including knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS), are essential for the production, diffusion and use of technology, and hence for economic growth.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations

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Workforce Skills and Innovation: An Overview of Major Themes in the Literature. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 55. (2011, background): “Lowtech industries also perform the critical role of a major user of the products and services of high-tech industries (Hauknes and Knell, 2009).”
Eco-innovation, sustainable supply chains and environmental performance in European industries (2017, unknown): “…investment but also due to the customer-supplier relationships which foster the adoption and diffusion of environmental technologies and innovation (Hauknes and Knell, 2009; Javorcik, 2004; Florida, 1996; Geffen and 2 The directional distance function, also referred to as environmental…”
The Impact of Related Variety on Regional Employment Growth in Finland 1993–2006: High-Tech versus Medium/Low-Tech (2012, background): “Santamaria et al., (2009) and Hauknes and Knell (2009) also show that really new knowledge and technologies for new products are produced mainly in high-tech sectors.”