[eng] This article proposes an overview of the industrial configurations as well as firms'strategy among the companies producing and/or selling industrial lasers. The international competition in this field is caracterized by the U.S. leadership and by original efforts of R&D in Japan. Three «...

[fre] Le taux de rendement des dépenses de recherche est très variable d'un projet à l'autre. Pour des projets de recherche complexe (Espace, physique des hautes énergies), l'évaluation de ce taux de rendement paraît être une gageure.. L'article présente la problématique et les...

The book investigates the meaning, nature and consequences of innovation interactions between small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) and knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS). It focuses on the concept of a virtuous circle linking KIBS' and SMEs' innovation capacities in...