Before you can start improving things, you need to learn more about them...: Who invented that? 'Not me, but I think there are ways of doing it better'

摘要

There is a general belief in the western world that the so-called traditional industrial nations have time and again been robbed of their innovations, only to find them reappear at a later date, primarily under the name of a fast emerging Asian country. And to be honest, this still goes on. Unfortunately, people are quick to generalise, and industrial copy and paste procedures become the presumed rule of play. And yet it should also be permitted to question this preconception to find out just how valid it is.