Cluster policy for innovation and competitiveness. Lessons from the French experience

Christian Longhi (1) , Sylvie Rochhia (1)

1 GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion

The new French regional policy seems to be at odds with the past. It encompasses the different dimensions of the public policy: industrial, R&D, innovation, competitiveness policies. Globalization and European integration have swept the old French 'Colbertist' approach, and promoted the implementation of an active cluster strategy. The 'Competitiveness Clusters', complemented by additional devices (Local Productive Systems, Grappes), are the embodiment of this new regional policy, promoting a bottom-up strategy designed to govern public intervention. The paper details this strategy and assesses its first results.

Mots clés: 'Grappes'; Regional Policy; Competitiveness Clusters; Industrial Policy; Grappes; Cluster Policy

Domaines: Economies et finances

Christian Longhi, Sylvie Rochhia. Cluster policy for innovation and competitiveness. Lessons from the French experience. European Review of Industrial Economics and Policy, 2013, 5. ⟨halshs-00857965⟩