La structure spatiale des relations science-industrie en France. L'exemple des contrats entre les entreprises et les laboratoires du CNRS

This study analyses the geographic structure of the relations between the academic laboratories and the firms, using as a basis the contracts between the CNRS laboratories and their industrial partners (firms and some state technological organizations). This analysis makes evident that the geographic structure has two main levels : the nation level (with a strong divide between Paris regions and the province) and the urban areas (proximity effects). This structure has evolved for the 13 studied years (1986-1998) with a relative weaknessing of the national level and a strengthening of the local or interregional cooperations. Classification JEL : O18.<np pagenum="312"/>