This article suggests that the specialization of countries in international trade is determined by the lead-lag market pattern of national markets. Many internationally successful innovations have been adopted first in one country while other countries initially either preferred other designs or...

This paper presents an approach to assessing the potential of countries to lead the global adoption of an innovation and to set a global product or process standard. It can be observed that the specific design of an innovation diffuses worldwide after it has been adopted in a single country. We...

Die "Globalisierung" ist in der wissenschaftlichen, politischen und öffentlichen Debatte in aller Munde. Ausmaß und Dynamik der Internationalisierung von Forschung und Entwicklung sind aber je nach den Ressourcen eines Landes und der Technologie, in der ein Unternehmen aktiv ist,...

Why does one country take the lead over others in the development and introduction of environmental innovations? This book analyzes lead markets for innovations such as fuel cells and photovoltaics, and offers insight into why this is. The authors use case studies to illustrate the policy...

Überblick über das Lead-Markt-Konzept -- Überblick über das Lead-Markt-Konzept -- Lead-Märkte erkennen -- Was sind Lead-Märkte? -- Lead-Märkte erklären -- Warum werden Länder zu Lead-Märkten? -- Lead-Märkte nutzen -- Die Lead-Markt-Strategie in der Produktentwicklung -- Die...

1 Introduction -- 2 International Diffusion of Innovations: Overviews of Literature -- 3 Foundations of Lead Markets -- 4 The Case of Cellular Mobile Telephony -- 5 Harnessing Lead Markets for Global Innovations -- 6 Discussion, Limitations and Further Research -- 7 Epilogue: Implications for...