Under the lens: The geography of optical science as an emerging industry

Economic Geography

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-171

  Feldman, Maryann P ^a   Lendel, Iryna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial clusters optics emerging industries patents

Indexed keywords

HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950288816     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: 19448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2010.01068.x     Document Type: Article

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