Cet article explore les mécanismes qui sous-tendent les dynamiques territoriales d'innovation en se focalisant en premier lieu sur les capacités de combinaison au sein des clusters. Nous étudions en particulier la première phase de l'innovation, c'est-à-dire lorsque les partenaires...

Demand uncertainty is thought to in uence irreversible capacity decisions. Suppose local demand can be sourced from domestic (rigid) production or from (fl exible) imports. This paper shows that the optimal domestic capacity is either increasing or decreasing with demand uncertainty depending on...

La coordination transversale, caractéristique des entreprises décloisonnées, renforce l'autonomie des acteurs et leur nécessaire coopération dans l'acte productif. Elle remet ainsi en cause deux hypothèses clés sur lesquelles repose le contrôle de gestion traditionnel : ¨ Le découpage...

A great deal of studies has focused on the role played by geographical location on the emergence and the building of localised learning capacities (Maskell, Malmberg, 1999). In this perspective, empirical studies have demonstrated that innovation dynamics of clusters results from the quality of...

Uncertainty about the level of demand is thought to influence irreversible capacity decisions. This paper examines some implications of the theory literature on this topic in an empirical study of the US cement industry between 1994 and 2006. Firms in this sector have the ability to deliver...

The paper is concerned with the process of SMEs' insertion into innovation projects within regional clusters. The objective is to contribute to a better understanding of this process by examining the underlying mechanisms of territorial innovation dynamics. A particular attention is given to the...