Une conférence internationale, organisée en juillet 2007 par la Banque de France et le CEPR, a été l’occasion de présentation et discussion de plusieurs analyses récentes portant sur les liens entre innovation, productivité et croissance.

This paper presents an analysis of the relationship between innovation, productivity and exports regarding the SMEs. The main research aim of this study consists in analyzing the hypothesis of firms’ conscious self-selection in the export markets. To measure innovation, we consider the...

If it is largely assumed that space matters for innovation, theoretical understanding and measures of agglomeration remain a source of debates. This article proposes a review of the geography of innovation approaches through the balance between individual interactions and their context (between...