We examine factors influencing the relative productivity of different geographic locations. Our analysis of the Canadian biotechnology industry during the 1990s reveals that inventive and uninventive locations are distinguishable within small geographic areas corresponding to roughly 7000 postal...

The Dynamics of Industrial Collaboration revisits and reformulates issues previously raised by inter-firm collaboration. The latest research in collaboration, processes and evaluation of cooperation, and industrial and research networks, is presented by way of both empirical and theoretical...

<em>Poles of competitiveness, the ambiguous comeback of local applications of the French industrial policy</em> - The French experiment of the "Pôles de compétitivité" is an original initiative of the French authorities in order to promote innovation-oriented collaborations and synergies between large...

This paper investigates the existence and characteristics of localized knowledge extemalities within the Paris region, lle-de-France, across biotechnology firms using business level data between 2000 and 2005. We test the combined effect of geographic and technological proximity on the firms'...

It is well known that knowledge spillovers exist and that they generate externalities for firms undertaking R&D. Nevertheless, it still remains difficult to predict which local industrial structure may best favor the diffusion of knowledge externalities and finally innovation. In order to...

In this paper, we propose an exploratory approach which is essentially methodological and empirical in order to explore geographic proximity at the intra-regional level. Recent works suggest that a firm has to be located in a close neighborhood in order to benefit from knowledge externalities,...