It is widely recognized that innovation is the major driver of economic growth and competitiveness. But, some works focus especially on analyzing the determinants and the effects of innovation while distinguishing product innovation to process innovation. This distinction is often regarded as a...

Innovation is widely recognised as a key driver of economic growth and competitiveness. Previous works on innovation analysis focus especially on the determinants and the effects of innovation while distinguishing between four kinds: product innovation, process innovation, radical innovation and...

It was the title chosen in January 2004 for the 12 pages of the "Agreste" restitution of the primary results obtained through this second investigation, to the partners and interviewed firms, which was intended to question the evolutions of the regional agro-food sphere over 5 years (1998-2003)....

Is internet a simple stage, or a profound revolution, in the general evolution of the art and science of management? The goal of this paper is to present a synthesis of several years of observation and reflection on the new “space of freedom” resulting from the adoption of the internet....

This article by Jeffrey I. Bernstein of Carleton University and the NBER discusses the use of total factor productivity for price setting in regulated industries. He argues that the longterm, industry-wide productivity experience that is not subject to strategic manipulation by regulated firms...

What is a technologically advanced economy? We propose some theoretical elements showing how heterogeneity in the firms' innovation behaviours can be analysed and exploited in order to assess the technological performance of the economy. Three empirical applications using French data are derived...

This paper proposes a Schumpeterian growth model generalizing the existing theory : we exploit the formalization of a circular product differentiation model of Salop (1979) to take into account the fact that knowledge inherent in a given sector can diffuse variously among R&D sectors, ranging...

French Abstract: Cet article dresse un paysage des innovations sociales numériques en France. Après les avoir définies, leur contexte est présenté et une typologie est proposée, à la lumière de près d’une centaine d’études de cas

The paper aims to contribute to the longstanding technology-push vs. demand-pull debate and to the literature on renewable energy diffusion and renewable energy policy assessment. We argue that in addition to the traditional push-pull dichotomy, the drivers of technological change must be...