| Abstract: |
The aim of this paper is to highlight the relevance of a geographical
multilevel technology policy within the European Union. At the present time
the European policy of innovation is a "community" policy, in other words it
involves a sharing of skills. In this paper we argue that outside the problems
that this situation inherently poses, this territorial organisation may be
considered as an asset. We use the central concept of technology
externalities, taken in its traditional shape and in its renewals, to provide
theoretical justifications for a “territorialised technology policyâ€, that
is to say a policy of innovation designed and implemented on several
territorial levels. Three levels are here taken into account : regional,
national, European. |