Technological innovation antecedents in the UK ceramics industry

The role that innovation plays in industry is, usually, exclusively discuss ed in more technically advanced industries (for example, automotives and ph armaceuticals). More mature and established industries, such as textiles an d ceramics, are often neglected. This article redresses this balance by con sidering the role of technological innovation in the UK ceramics industry. Case analysis comprising both retrospective and current innovation in the i ndustry is used to highlight the role of innovation and some of the anteced ents to successful technological innovation. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.