There has been in recent years a remarkable development of the literature on High-Tech clusters. This research effort has convincingly emphasised the specificity of High-Tech sectors (especially in Information and Communication Technologies and in Life Sciences) and of the spatial and reticular...

Based on the case of the biopharmaceutical industry, the aim of this paper is to challenge the core conviction now widespread within the “spatial clustering theory”, which devotes a key (if not exclusive) role to geographical proximity in explaining clustering dynamics of innovation...

In several countries, the remarkable development of the 'green economy' in recent years has gone hand in hand with the implementation of strategies of integration (more or less rapid and thorough) of public policies linked to the environment. This policy integration strategy is generally a...

Pour rendre compte des phénomènes de réticularisation et d’agglomération croissantes des activités d’innovation, de nombreux travaux empiriques et théoriques dans diverses disciplines (économie, sociologie, géographie, management) ont souligné l’importance des logiques de...

While there is today a large consensus around the extent and causes of climate change and the environment deterioration as well as on their mid-long term economic consequences if nothing is done, the international community remains divided regarding the nature, the scale and the schedule of the...

The economic analysis of the links between institutions and development is crucial with regard to the challenges linked to the health situation and the conditions of the access to health services of populations in disadvantaged countries. Besides the insufficiency of the aid for development,...

While numerous research works on Corporate Governance have been undertaken during the last fifteen years only very few attention has been devoted to the study of the way that contemporary economic and technological dynamics have affected governance issues, especially when innovation activities...