In France like in Europe, mobility and economic growth have been developing in the same way since several decades. The freight transport growth, usually expressed in ton kilometres, is more easily explained by the distance than by transported tonnes. This paper goes thoroughly uncoupling concept...

[fre] A mesure que son usage se répandait, à partir du début des années 1980, le terme « Productique » a vu son contenu s'élargir. Fortement marquée par les technologies de l'automatique et de l'informatique industrielles dont elle est issue, l'analyse de la productique s'est enrichie...

This paper offers suggestions for rethinking and reanalysing the relation between transport infrastructure and economic development. It shows the diversity of firms? reactions to infrastructure, depending on the mechanisms of coordination at work between actors. Our research aims to show that...