The present report is the conclusion to a study conducted by IMRI from February 2003 to July 2004 for the Controlled Fusion Research Department of the Materials Science Division of the CEA, Cadarache, called "What industrial organization for the creation of a technology dynamic around ITER in...

Le présent rapport est la conclusion d’une étude que l’IMRI a mené de février 2003 à juillet 2004 pour le compte du Département de la Recherche en Fusion Contrôlée de la Direction des Sciences de la Matière du CEA Cadarache et qui s’intitule « Quelle organisation industrielle...

Scientific collaboration encompasses two main issues: knowledge sharing and trust. Geographical distance has an impact on both. Our purpose is to test the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) sophistication on remote collaboration: do collaboratories mean the end of...

Are governments right to support technological evolution through military R&D ? If the answer is positive, which are the most suited institutions and organisation patterns for a fruitful relationship between military R&D and the overall economic performances? It seems to us that the answer lies...

This paper examines scientific collaboration between French public research teams and distant partners. We first analyse the role and the development of trust and then, the relation between the degree of sophistication of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the constraint of...

Les Rencontres de Cargèse ne sont pas une école d’été comme les autres. Des responsables R&D et Innovation travaillent, pendant quatre jours, avec des chercheurs en pointe sur les questions d'économie, de sociologie et de management de la R&D et de l'innovation. Les Rencontres de Cargèse...

Are governments right to support technological progress through military R&D? If so, which are the most appropriate institutions and organizational patterns for a fruitful relationship between military R&D and the economy in general? A comparative analysis of the US and the French systems of...

L’importance des financements de recherche militaire au sein des budgets nationaux exprime les choix en faveur de la sécurité ; mais au-delà, ils ont des conséquences pour les politiques nationales de la science et de la technologie. Se pose en effet la question de la contribution de la...

The role of defense in national innovation systems is a highly topical, because of the complexity of defense systems and the desire to get value-for-money from R&D investment, especially through the commercialization of defense-funded technology. In practice, external transfer has proved to be a...