based on the ideas that space—or, more precisely, territory—is the matrix of economic development and that economic … technological paradigm, which stresses innovation, learning, and know-how as the most important competitive advantages; the …

dynamics, economic and social conditions for "sustainable" innovation in the photovoltaic and the sustainable finance … industries in western Switzerland. In contrast to the traditional theory of innovative milieus – where innovation processes are …

seeks to understand how innovation embeds in a broader valuation system. Taking as its case study western Switzerland …Various territorial innovation models have been developed since the 1980s, offering a new perspective on how certain … regional production systems have grown out of the innovation and training processes specific to certain local milieus. These …

Innovation has moved to the foreground in regional policy in the three last decades. Public policies have been shaped … learned from these examples are rarely transferable elsewhere. The regional innovation systems in peripheral regions, and the … examines the concept of regional innovation systems against the background of modern theories of innovation and regional …

Innovation behaviour of agri-food firms depends on firm structure but also on the characteristics of the territory in … handicap for innovation but improved access to training services and technological institutes have a significant influence in … innovation. …

hypothesis of a winning configuration for the 3rd millenium, that is one based on innovation, organizations and territory. Our …) and aimed at identifying the effects of proximity on innovation and local development; the method was based on interviews … space of innovation at the metropolitan scale. Classification JEL : O18, R30, O30, R12.<np pagenum="836"/> …

requirements. It is the main purpose of the public innovation policies. The regional and local actors are very often short of … methodological frames to comprehend those evolutions and especially the impact upon them of scientific and technical innovation … performances of their territory, but also its capacity to maintain or to improve its position into the global ?hierarchy of places …

be related to the rest of the Region through various organization levels of the regional innovation system. The concepts … », of which innovation networks have been recently territorialized and in which a self-identification process is emerging. …