Territorial Innovation Models (TIMs) such as innovative milieus, industrial districts, regional innovation systems, etc. have developed since the mid-eighties in a context mostly driven by the crisis of the industrial regions. From that theoretical heritage, a new questioning based on...

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 models reflect a process of economic globalisation...

In recent decades, territorial approaches have played an important role in the economy of innovation. They have given rise to a vast array of literature on conceptual models such as innovative milieus, technopoles, industrial districts, or more generally clusters. One the one hand, these models...