The New Geography of Innovation: The Global Contest for Breakthrough Technologies

The document notes that the transatlantic gap in new technologies is widening and China too is at the cusp of leaving the continent behind. The fact that such a major discovery can come from outside the golden triangle shows the UK’s bench strength in research institutions that can produce top-tier research runs deep. The DoD would eventually drop IDG: Sarah McBride, ‘IDG Capital Dropped from Pentagon’s China List’, Bloomberg, 17 December 2024. companies that were extremely capital intensive could look to China: Shahin Farshchi, interview with the author, 30 June 2023.