French “competitiveness clusters” were set up in 2005 to strengthen cooperation between small and large enterprises, and training and research institutions working on similar topics and located in the same geographical area, with the aim of making this area more competitive and attractive...

Although there is a consensus concerning the need for public policy evaluation, there is no stable doctrine regarding the way such assessments should be carried out. Different models coexist or succeed one another; it is, for example, possible to schematically oppose a ballistic model of...

French Abstract: L’évaluation des politiques publiques est un thème récurrent pour les praticiens et chercheurs travaillant sur l’action publique. Mais au-delà de l’accord sur le principe, il n’y a pas stabilisation de la doctrine et de ses pratiques. Différents modèles coexistent...

French Abstract: Dans ce volet de nos recherches sur l’évaluation des clusters (cf. Gallié, Glaser, Lefebvre et Pallez, 2012, qui analyse le cas de l’évaluation de la politique française des pôles de compétitivité), nous comparons quatre cas européens d’évaluation de clusters:...