The regulation of network industries has been profoundly transformed in the past twenty years. First, the “object of regulation” is no longer the same. Network industries have been opened to new dynamics, which have overwhelmed their industrial, technological and marketing frameworks. The...

The liberalization of electricity and gas markets clashes against the French economic culture that relies on the state and public monopolies to supply many public services. This explains the resistance against the market opening imposed by EU directives. Nevertheless, the liberalization has had...

Au cours de ces dernières années le théâtre subventionné a été confronté à une triple crise : politique, sociale et esthétique. Pour tenter de sortir de cette impasse, certains acteurs remettent en question les postulats principaux du champ dans lesquels ils ne se retrouvent plus. Afin...

Since 2004, investigations and debates have been carried out on the French research and innovation system. Policy-makers have tried to break with the traditional ‘colbertist’ state- centered model, which put emphasis on interventionism and state involvement. This system that was successful...

Faced with the technological changes and with the rise of international competition, the competitiveness of firms is based more and more on innovation. In this context, the new innovating firms are regarded as source of competitive dynamism. However, these firms encounter difficulties to finance...

The decision, in July 2005, of French government to create « poles de compétitivité », can be understood like through an old and fertile research tradition, initiate by works of A. Marshall. This tradition has developed and enriched by notions of « industrial district » or « clusters »....

Expression la plus récente de la politique industrielle française, les pôles de compétitivité sont le fruit d'une démarche volontariste initiée en 2005 par le gouvernement français et récemment réaffirmée par l'annonce de la version 2.0. Le déploiement de cette politique peut être...