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 …

ou non l’acte d’innover. Seulement, doit-on réduire l’innovation, produit du milieu, aux seuls échanges inter … milieu explains what gives (or not) incentives to innovation. However, should we reduce innovation, product of the milieu …, only to inter-individual exchanges resulting in a new productive combination? Is innovation only the result of a specific …

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 …

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 …