<italic>The French wood and timber industries are increasingly subject to international competition. Businesses and regions have developed thinking and actions aiming to improve their competitiveness and support the survival of local fabrics of small and medium enterprises. On the basis of an...</italic>

This article aims to renew the economic analysis of French DPO vineyards. From an institutional perspective, we show that a DPO vineyard connects various ?geophysical terroirs? and an ?institutional terroir?, i.e. a set of institutions covering the territory that constitutes the vineyards,...

This paper deals with the issue of competition between French and New World wine on world markets and concentrates on comparing the different organisation modes in this industry using the concept of cluster. Wine industries from the ??New World?? (Australia, South Africa, California, Chile) are...