Rennings, Klaus (contributor); Smidt, Wilko (contributor) - 2008
innovative technology within this trajectory. As for the diffusion of SC, the paper concentrates on Germany, USA, China and Japan …. The analysis shows that the typical lead market pattern applies only to a limited extent. In the 1960s and 1970s, the USA … has established a lead market for SC technology. In the meanwhile, Japan has surpassed the United States, although it …