Nowadays, innovation is the main factor of firms and regions competitiveness. But, the conditions necessary to improve its development remain still unknown, particularly there are few works about spatial aspects of its appearance. Few monographs exist on the efficiency of 'local' networks, but...

The production of scientific and technological innovations has become essential for many firms, but the latter are seldom in possession of all the knowledge needed for this activity because of the increasing complexity of knowledge bases or because R&D departments are too small. As they do not...

During the eighties, small Sme's of the so-called « Third Italy » obtain high performances. So Italian scholars ( Baganasco, 1977, Becattini, 1979, Brusco, 1982) underline some elements that remind the English districts studied by Marshall. These works open the way to a set of theories based...

Nowadays, innovation is the main factor of firms and regions competitiveness. But, the conditions necessary to improve its development remain still unknown, particularly there are few works about spatial aspects of its appearance. Few monographs exist on the efficiency of 'local' networks, but...

The production of scientific and technological innovations has become essential for many firms, but the latter are seldom in possession of all the knowledge needed for this activity because of the increasing complexity of knowledge bases or because R&D departments are too small. As they do not...

Les pratiques alimentaires sont sources d'une pollution importante. Si l'hypothèse de Porter selon laquelle il y a une relation positive entre réglementation et innovation environnementale est vérifiée, les entreprises des IAA devraient développer de nombreuses innovations...

L'augmentation des coopérations interentreprises dans les années 1980 ne s'est pas accompagnée réellement, dans un premier temps, d'une analyse de la dimension spatiale de ces coopérations. Notre objectif dans cet article, en nous inscrivant dans l'appproche de la proximité, est d'analyser...

L’innovation ou l’introduction de toutes sortes de nouveautés dans l’économie, devient un réel sujet d’étude dans la seconde partie du 20e siècle et, à partir des années 1970, s’immisce dans les cursus universitaires d’économie, de management, de sociologie, d’ingénierie,...