Ce rapport, élaboré dans le cadre du programme de l’OCDE sur les Villes vertes, est une étude pilote qui a pour but d’évaluer le potentiel de la croissance verte au sein de la région Paris/Ile-de- France (Paris-IDF). Dans un contexte international très concurrentiel, avec des...

This paper presents an analysis of the relationship between innovation, productivity and exports regarding the SMEs. The main research aim of this study consists in analyzing the hypothesis of firms’ conscious self-selection in the export markets. To measure innovation, we consider the...

This paper aims to analyse, through the nature and the evolution of clusters, the specific features of the Chinese development model, in relation with FDI and the public accompanying policies that have been implemented. Three types of clusters can be distinguished according to a chronology that...

In this paper, we deal with the process of internationalisation of R&D activities. In particular, we focus our study on the factors explaining the localisation of multinational corporations’ (MNC) foreign direct investment in R&D. Firstly we set out evidence regarding the recent trends of the...

Une conférence internationale, organisée en juillet 2007 par la Banque de France et le CEPR, a été l’occasion de présentation et discussion de plusieurs analyses récentes portant sur les liens entre innovation, productivité et croissance.

If it is largely assumed that space matters for innovation, theoretical understanding and measures of agglomeration remain a source of debates. This article proposes a review of the geography of innovation approaches through the balance between individual interactions and their context (between...

French abstract: Une économie politique critique de la science s’est récemment développée pour analyser le tournant néo-libéral qui la caractérise. Ce courant tend pourtant à négliger la longue durée de l’histoire économique des sciences qui permet de comprendre les évolutions...

The purpose of this chapter is to highlight how evolutionary theory can provide an adequate framework for sectoral studies. It sets out the broad outlines of such an approach focusing on key concepts, while suggesting lines of interpretation of industrial dynamics. The concrete illustrations...

Cet article se propose d’étudier l’impact de l’investissement direct étranger de plateforme d’exportation sur la production industrielle locale. L’influence de ce type d’investissement est vue à travers l’effet de concurrence et les retombées technologiques. Le modèle...

The objective of this article is to present the theory of structuring ( A. Giddens) through a plural approach. Indeed, this sociology defines a duality of the structure, matrix through which the social systems are produced and reproduced in and for the collective action: the structural...