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%T The emergence of novel science-related fields: regional or technological patterns? Exploration and exploitation in United Kingdom nanotechnology %A Meyer, Martin %A Libaers, Dirk %A Park, Jae-Hwan %J Regional Studies %N 7 %P 935-959 %V 45 %D 2010 %K Patent analysis; Bibliometrics; Innovation systems; Emerging technologies; Nano-districts; O31; O33; O38; O52 %= 2011-07-07T14:32:00Z %~ http://www.peerproject.eu/ %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-256581 %X 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. %C GBR %G en %9 journal article %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info