The emergence of novel science-related fields: regional or technological patterns? Exploration and exploitation in United Kingdom nanotechnology

Meyer, Martin; Libaers, Dirk; Park, Jae-Hwan

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@article{ Meyer2010,
 title = {The emergence of novel science-related fields: regional or technological patterns? Exploration and exploitation in United Kingdom nanotechnology},
 author = {Meyer, Martin and Libaers, Dirk and Park, Jae-Hwan},
 journal = {Regional Studies},
 number = {7},
 pages = {935-959},
 volume = {45},
 year = {2010},
 urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-256581},
 abstract = {An extensive literature addresses the emergence of new technologies in their geographical and cognitive context. The notion of innovation systems has been most prominent in these discussions. Drawing on a spatial innovation systems approach, the paper explores this issue for a newly emerging area, nano-science and nanotechnology. More specifically, this study draws on a multi-method approach to explore the emergence of nanotechnology in the UK, covering bibliometric, patent and firm-level data. Our results point to regional concentrations of scientific and technological activity as well as a concentration of nanotechnology firms in the well-established ‘science hubs’. However, further inspection of the evidence hints also at the importance of non-local collaborative links and networks along technological paths.},
}