Case Studies

Current research sites include 23 locations in the United States, Finland, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Norway. Additional research has been carried out in Ireland, India, Taiwan and Israel. At each location, teams of researchers from the partner institutions are studying innovation trajectories and developing comparative case studies of growth and transformation in specific industries, mature as well as new.

Current LIS Research Portfolio

Country	Location	Industry/technology
USA	Rochester , NY	Opto-electronics
USA	Akron , OH ,	Advanced polymers
USA	Allentown , PA	Opto-electronics/steel
USA	Boston , MA	Bioinformatics
USA	New Haven , CT	Biotechnology
USA	Charlotte , NC	Motor sports (NASCAR)
USA	Greenville-Spartanburg , SC	Autos
USA	Alfred-Corning	Ceramics
USA	Youngstown , OH	Steel/autos
Finland	Tampere	Industrial machinery
Finland	Turku	Biotechnology
Finland	Seinajoki	Industrial automation
Finland	Pori	Industrial automation
Finland	Helsinki	Wireless
Finland	Oulu	Medical Instruments
UK	Central Scotland	Opto-electronics
UK	Aberdeen	Oil and gas
UK	Cambridge	Bioinformatics
Taiwan	Taipei-Hsinchu	Electronics
Taiwan	Taipei-Hsinchu	Software
Japan	Hamamatsu	Opto-electronics
Japan	Kyoto	Electronics
Norway	Stavanger	Oil and gas