Production Systems and Innovation in ‘Satellite’ Regions: Lessons from a Comparison between Mechanic Valley (France) and Beauce (Québec)
2011; Wiley; Volume: 35; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01044.x
ISSN1468-2427
AutoresRégis Guillaume, David Doloreux,
Tópico(s)French Urban and Social Studies
ResumoInternational Journal of Urban and Regional ResearchVolume 35, Issue 6 p. 1133-1153 Production Systems and Innovation in 'Satellite' Regions: Lessons from a Comparison between Mechanic Valley (France) and Beauce (Québec) RÉGIS GUILLAUME, Corresponding Author RÉGIS GUILLAUME Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, FranceRégis Guillaume (Rguillau@univ-tlse2.fr), LISST/CIEU UMR 5193 du CNRS, Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, 5 Allées A. Machado, 31058 Toulouse Cedex 9, France and David Doloreux (Doloreux@telfer.uottawa.ca), Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, 55 Laurier East, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada.Search for more papers by this authorDAVID DOLOREUX, Corresponding Author DAVID DOLOREUX University of Ottawa, CanadaRégis Guillaume (Rguillau@univ-tlse2.fr), LISST/CIEU UMR 5193 du CNRS, Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, 5 Allées A. Machado, 31058 Toulouse Cedex 9, France and David Doloreux (Doloreux@telfer.uottawa.ca), Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, 55 Laurier East, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada.Search for more papers by this author RÉGIS GUILLAUME, Corresponding Author RÉGIS GUILLAUME Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, FranceRégis Guillaume (Rguillau@univ-tlse2.fr), LISST/CIEU UMR 5193 du CNRS, Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, 5 Allées A. Machado, 31058 Toulouse Cedex 9, France and David Doloreux (Doloreux@telfer.uottawa.ca), Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, 55 Laurier East, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada.Search for more papers by this authorDAVID DOLOREUX, Corresponding Author DAVID DOLOREUX University of Ottawa, CanadaRégis Guillaume (Rguillau@univ-tlse2.fr), LISST/CIEU UMR 5193 du CNRS, Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, 5 Allées A. Machado, 31058 Toulouse Cedex 9, France and David Doloreux (Doloreux@telfer.uottawa.ca), Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, 55 Laurier East, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada.Search for more papers by this author First published: 10 March 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01044.xCitations: 13 Translated from French by Karen George. The authors would like to dedicate this article to Professor Claude Manzagol who, some time before his sudden death, suggested making a comparative study of Mechanic Valley and Beauce. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Abstract Abstract The recent craze among policymakers for innovation and regional economic development is no accident. It results from recent, widespread analyses highlighting innovation as the main factor in economic growth and the region as the most appropriate level at which to stimulate and support innovation. This article aims to show how the territorial impact of economic changes in a heightened competitive context has served to (re-)activate interplay between local actors whose ambition is to support and strengthen innovation within regions. It sets out to decode the processes and the mechanisms through which a region develops, the modes of governance established to support and promote these processes and the relationships formed by various actors in a region. We analyse two regions that we describe as 'satellite' regions: Mechanic Valley in France and Beauce in Canada. Each of these regions has, over a period of some ten years, seen processes marked both by increasingly strong anchoring in the local territory and by greater openness to the outside, and both have benefited from their relative proximity to the metropolitan areas of Toulouse and Québec, respectively. So we view them as typifying the emergence of new features of territorial development. Résumé L'engouement récent des décideurs politiques pour l'innovation et le développement économique régional n'a rien de fortuit. Il résulte de la diffusion d'analyses récentes qui isolent l'innovation comme facteur principal de la croissance économique d'une part, et de la région comme niveau le plus approprié pour stimuler et supporter l'innovation d'autre part. Cet article a pour objectif de montrer comment l'impact territorial de mutations économiques qui s'expriment dans un contexte concurrentiel exacerbé (ré)activent un jeu d'acteurs locaux dont l'ambition est de soutenir et renforcer l'innovation au sein des régions. Il vise à décrypter les processus et les mécanismes par lesquels une région se développe, les modalités de gouvernance mises en place pour soutenir et favoriser ces processus ainsi que les relations que nouent différents acteurs de la région. L'analyse porte sur des régions que nous qualifions de 'satellites': Mécanic Vallée en France et Beauce au Canada. Chacune de ces régions connaît, depuis une dizaine d'années des processus marqués à la fois par un renforcement de l'ancrage territorial local mais aussi par une ouverture vers l'extérieur qui bénéficie de leur proximité relative avec les aires métropolitaines de Toulouse et Québec. Elles nous paraissent ainsi être caractéristiques de l'émergence de nouvelles figures du développement territorial. Citing Literature Volume35, Issue6November 2011Pages 1133-1153 RelatedInformation
Referência(s)