Regional technology systems or global networks? The sources of innovation in opto-electronics in Wales and Thuringia : The sources of innovation in opto- electronics in Wales and Thuringia

doi:10.4324/9780203380543-14

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Regional technology systems or global networks? The sources of innovation in opto-electronics in Wales and Thuringia

ABSTRACT

The central question in this chapter is the extent to which national (and by extension regional) systems of innovation are reduced in inﬂuence in a technological domain that is highly scientiﬁc and international in its very nature.