At a time when the market economy has never been stronger, occupying new geographical zones and new spheres of activity, the idea of culture is undeniably an inescapable dimension in economy and territories. Present in the way products are manufactured, exchanged, consumed, as in the products...

The European automotive industry has once again entered a period of uproar. The crisis of 2008/2009 is far from over but probably marks the start of a new era that some observers are starting to refer to as the second automobile revolution. In this article, we will be trying to emphasize three...

The paper analyses the strategies of internationalization pursued by first tier automotive suppliers (FTS). The advent of modular production in this sector implies many changes in vertical relationships, which can in turn be used to explain the causes and forms of suppliers’...

This paper analyses empirical evidences of growing volume of Intra-industry trade in India during 1975-1992. Quantitative evidences show that trade in manufactured products has increased with rapid industrialisation leading to genesis of intra-industry trade. Measures of Grubel-Lloyd...

This article explores the spatial distribution of regional technology indicators in the EU over the last decade and its impact on cohesion. Thus, we find that public R&D spending and patent applications have converged among regions during the nineties. On the other hand, private R&D activities...

Hundreds of thousands of landslides were triggered by the May 12, 2008, Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake in China. A detailed inventory of landslides triggered by the earthquake was prepared based on geographic information systems and remote sensing technology. Visual interpretation of high-resolution...

Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) is a critical soil property affecting water flow and solute transport. In the Loess Plateau of China, sloping farmlands have been increasingly replaced by dam farmlands to achieve higher crop yields and more importantly to control soil erosions. It is...