[Summary and Discussion] In summary, our findings suggest that the current efforts towards fulfilling the RIS3 ex-ante conditionalities are neither likely to trigger an immediate revolution in European regions' approaches towards innovation policy nor will they put an immediate or even rapid end...

The undeniable importance of knowledge and innovation in modern economies justifies the increasing interest that scholars are taking in studying knowledge-intensive busi-ness services (KIBS). Since the mid 1990s, there has been a significant increase in the attention paid to KIBS and their role...

Characterizing the innovative capacity of a territory, and his specific attractivity for external direct investment in new fields, needs the definition of measurable concepts and the design of a proper methodology to gather relevant quantitative data. The aim of the paper is to propose a general...

La présente contribution se propose d’analyser comment une région ou plus précisément les acteurs et les activités constituant l’environnement de la firme est perçue par les firmes qui y sont situées, et si ces perceptions sont liées aux phénomènes d’innovation. Dans ce contexte,...

The importance of knowledge and innovation in modern economies justifies the in-creasing interest that scholars are taking in studying knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS). The objective of this paper is to track the evolution of the key dimen-sions on which scholars have based their...

L'enjeu de cet article est de montrer dans quelle mesure des contextes régionaux différents impliquent des comportements d'innovation différents de la part des services à forte intensité de connaissances SFIC. L'analyse s'appuie sur une comparaison des régions suivantes: le...