ABSTRACT
Research on the location of industrial Research and Development (R&D) and technological innovation has been dominated by what can be called a ‘supply-side’ model. It has been supposed that it is the availability of inputs to the innovation process which determines the innovativeness of industry in any particular region. Thus the pioneering work by Buswell and Lewis (1970) noted the preponderance of R&D establishments in the South East of England and emphasised the importance of labour supply and communications as explanatory factors. The availability of skilled and qualified manpower was associated with the residential preferences of such people.
