Systemes productifs localises, action publique et innovation: l'exemple de la [much less than] mecanic vallee [much greater than] (Midi-Pyrenees-France).
La configuration de l'industrie en Midi-Pyrenees permet d'isoler, au-dela du pole toulousain, plusieurs ensembles territoriaux caracterises par une concentration spatiale d'entreprises intervenant dans des secteurs d'activites relativement proches. Parmi ces entites, la [much less than]Mecanic vallee[much greater than] offre une configuration particuliere. Identifiee par la DATAR comme un des...

French village beckons seasoned traveler from Eugene.
Byline: Been there by The Register-Guard TRAVELER: Doug Brinkman traveled widely when he scouted new fashions for a Houston department store and, later, when he looked for locations for a company that booked corporate meetings and sales incentive trips. Now retired and living in Eugene,...

Reproductive options for HIV-serodiscordant couples. (Letters).
The study by James L. Chen and coauthors recently published in Family Planning Perspectives [Fertility desires and intentions of HIV-positive men and women, 2001, 33(4): 144-152 & 165] shows that many HIV-infected adults desire and expect to have children. This is the first study about HIV-positive men's desire to...

Letter from the editor/Lettre du directeur de la Revue.
November 2006 This special issue of the Canadian Journal of Regional science deals with a major interest in regional science, the construction and critique of policies and programs in aid of regional development in rural areas. The articles are all revised versions of papers that...

Raw, pre-heated or ready to use: discovering specialist supply systems for flint industries in mid-Neolithic (Chassey culture) communities in southern France.
Introduction The research led by Patricia Phillips at the University of Sheffield on the honey-coloured Bedoulien flint industries (silex blond bedoulien) was of fundamental importance for the understanding of Chassey culture societies in southern France (mid fifth-mid fourth millennium BC). She was one of the first scholars...

Geared for growth.
With a total of 800 companies covering the full spectrum of civil and military aerospace activities, the area of Southwest France extending from Toulouse to Bordeaux is home to a range of industrial, research and test facilities that is exceptional in its width and depth. Though historically Toulouse and...

On the cutting edge in R&D.
With an exceptional concentration of research laboratories and design bureaus, the region claims to be the "brain" of Europe's aerospace industry As well as being the heart of Europe's aerospace establishment, the region of S.W. France also merits a reputation as the "brain" of the industry, in...

The quest for excellence.
The network of primes and subcontractors in the region are investing and adapting to stay at the forefront of the industry Airbus is by far the largest employer in S.W. France, and the A380 programme will further reinforce its dominance of the industry in the region. In...

Tantalising toulouse.
Byline: Neeta Lal My trip to Toulouse, in southern France, began ominously. The clock alarm at my Switzerland hotel (from where I was to fly to France) didn't go off. So in my frenzy to reach the airport on time, I not only forgot my favourite lipstick...

Trident Microsystems Appoints Christophe Chene to Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trident Microsystems, Inc. , a leader in high-performance semiconductor system solutions for the multimedia and digital television markets, today announced it has appointed Christophe Chene as its new Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Mr. Chene brings more than 18 years of...