BLANDINE LAPERCHE is Assistant Professor of Economics and Head of the Firms and innovation team within the research group on industry and innovation at the University of Littoral Cote d'Opale, France. She specializes in industrial economics and the economics of innovation. She has recently published L'innovation orchestree: Risque et organisation. DIMITRI UZUNIDIS is Director of the research group on industry and innovation at the University of Littoral Cote d'Opale, France. He has provided expertise to several international organizations and specializes in the economics of innovation from an international perspective. He has published several books dealing with economic change, the most recent being Innovation and Contemporary Economics.