[eng] Generally, the notion of embeddedness is used to suggest that some kind of economic activity depends on social structures, and especially on social networks. But, where do social relations come from ? Several studies of social networks show that personal relations are most of the times...

The notion of proximity is increasing in popularity in economic and geographic literature, and is now commonly used by scholars in regional science and spatial economics. Few academic works, however, have explored the link between regional development and proximity relations. This comprehensive...

Creation of innovative companies is supposed to be one of the driving forces of local innovation systems development, but it has not been often studied from a spatial perspective. Do innovative companies tend to geographically concentrate ? How do founders choose the place where they settle...

L'ouvrage traite des relations science-industrie et de leur incription dans un cadre géographique, à partir du cas de la France. Il comprend une analyse historique de la constitution des systèmes scientifiques locaux, une étude statistique de la "carte scientifique" contemporaine, une étude...

Clusters are supposed to enhance exchanges among firms or between firms and research institutions. This is termed “proximities effects” in this paper. There are many theories explaining proximities effects, but most of them lack a clear distinction between levels of action (individuals,...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to generalize the traditional risk evaluation methods and to specify a multi-level risk evaluation framework, in order to prepare customized risk evaluation and to enable effectively integrating the elements of risk evaluation. Design/methodology/approach:...

A felhasználók, a szabványos és törvényi előírások ma már több területen kikényszerítették a kockázatok elemzését és kezelését. A jelenlegi rendszerek alapvető jellemzői, hogy a vállalatokon belüli rendszerek egymástól elkülönülten működnek. Ennek oka az eltérő...