[eng] Within a few years, the concept of proximity has emerged and has been given a central, linking role in a new range of contributions led at the frontier between industrial economics and spatial economics. The interest raised by the concept may however be overcome by its polysemous aspect....

[eng] The basic idea of the paper is that the empirical meaning of rules is far from being totally contained in their initial statement. The article concentrates on the economic scope of rules and regulations, and their implementation by players such as the State bureaucracy, regulatory...

[eng] The concept of firm is central in current theoretical and methodological developments in economic theory. The analysis of the contractual and institutional nature of the firm, which constitutes the purpose of this article, requires to refer to contractarian theories and New Institutional...

[fre] Cet article fournit une revue critique de la littérature concernant la conception de la technologie sous-jacente aux différentes analyses économiques de la firme. Il est principalement centré sur le thème de la technologie comme actif. Deux approches théoriques sont décrites : celle...

The article offers an empirically-based analysis of conflicts over public utility infrastructures in the Paris region. It sheds some light on public decision-making process and on the role conflicts play in the process of land availability. Area tends to be lessened due to economic development...