The Military Scientific Infrastructure and Regional Development

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 1631-1658 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Wells
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Technology Industry ◽  
High Technology Industry ◽  
Military Facilities ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Military ◽  
Scientific Infrastructure

In this paper the distribution and functional interlinkages of those state military facilities concerned with research and development are related to the spatial distribution of the UK high-technology industry and to the issue of uneven regional development.

High-Technology Industry and Regional Development in Britain: The Case of the Cambridge Phenomenon

1989 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
D E Keeble
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Science Parks ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Technology Industry ◽  
Industrial Employment ◽  
High Technology Industry ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Technology Growth

After a discussion of the nature and definition of high-technology industry, original evidence on the recent (1981–84) regional and local evolution of high-technology industrial employment in Britain is presented. The case of the Cambridge Phenomenon is reviewed in detail, drawing upon a range of recent research to document the scale, nature, and impacts of rapid high-technology growth in the Cambridge region, especially in the 1980s. The volume of such growth in the period 1981–84 was greater in Cambridgeshire than in any other county of Britain. The reasons for Cambridge's exceptional performance are discussed, and to conclude there is a brief consideration of policy issues arising from the region's experience, including the role of universities and science parks, of government defence and procurement policies, of local small-firm assistance structures, and of selective help to ‘threshold’ firms.

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