[eng] Analysing and forecasting approach of the size distribution of business firm is proposed with a Markov Chain. The basic tool is a transition table which gives a description of firm growth, transitions of the firm from size within a period t - 1 to t and also a description of the size...

A new form of territorialisation of innovative economic activities has been emerging for about a decade, based on the cognitive economy and not necessarily embedded in a specific location. The Atlantic Nautical Network (ANN) illustrates this strategy: it is an original interregional initiative...