CommandsEconomic Development
Paris Region: Key Figures 2013 .
April 2013
Located at the crossroads of European and world exchanges, the Paris Region is France’s number one economic region and one of the top at European level. Made up of 8 departments and 1,281 towns, it has a population of 11.9 million (19% of the population of mainl...
World Cities Culture Report 2012 .
August 2012
A wide-ranging survey of 12 world cities World cities are usually thought of as leading centres of trade, commerce and political power. The World Cities Culture Report 2012 (WCCR) shows that their dynamism, scale and diversity create the conditions that make them...
Paris Region: Key Figures 2012 .
April 2012
Every year, the Paris Region Economic Development Agency (PREDA), the Paris -Ile-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CRCI) and the Paris Region Urban Planning & Development Agency (IAU île-de-France) publish the latest key figures for Paris r...
The diversity of creative jobs: the value of the Paris Region . Note rapide Economy, no. 589
February 2012
Representing 45% of jobs throughout the country, the creative industries constitute a strategic and emblematic sector for the Île-de-France and make a massive contribution...
Paris Region: Key Figures 2011 .
April 2011
Every year, the Paris Region Economic Development Agency (PREDA), the Paris -Ile-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CRCI) and the Paris Region Urban Planning & Development Agency (IAU île-de-France) publish the latest key figures for Paris r...
Creativity and Economic Development in the Paris Region: a Propitious Synergy . Note rapide “Economy”, no. 533
February 2011
The creative industries, a strategic and emblematic regional sector, are a drivi...
Local innovations in skill-building and employment for low-skilled workers in the United States .
April 2010
The main goal of this study in the United States is to identify good practices and programs to help low skilled workers to find or keep their jobs and programs that can...
Paris Region: Key Figures 2010 .
March 2010
In 2008, Paris Region had an estimated population of 11,599,000 inhabitants. It accounted for 18 per cent of the French population and was Europe’s most densely populated region. A young and cosmopolitan region Paris Region has 748,000 more inhabitants than in...
Science Cities: Science Campuses and Clusters in 21st Century Metropolises . Zurich: ETH Science City and West Zurich
January 2010
The choice of Zurich is justified by the quality of the scientific and urbanistic project being developed by the Federal Polytec...
Science Cities: Science Campuses and Clusters in 21st Century Metropolises . Helsinki: Nature City and Living Lab
December 2009
The Finnish society has genuine assets to form an innovative milieu: openness to new technologies; pragmatic approach to problem...
Paris Region: Key Figures 2009 .
January 2009
Every year, the Paris Region Economic Development Agency (PREDA), the Paris –Ile-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CRCI) and the Paris Region Urban Planning & Development Agency (IAU Ile-de-France) publish the latest key figures for Paris ...
Paris Region: Key Figures 2008 .
January 2008
The IAU île-de-France, the CRCI Paris - Île-de-France and the INSEE carried out the edition of the document which presents, with tables, maps and graphs, the main economic and social characteristics of the Île-de-France region. Ile-de-France is the French name...
The re-organization of big firms’ Headquarters and their related units . Principles, practices and consequences on the spatial evolutions of the Paris Ile-de-France region
December 2007
During the last few years, there has bee...
The Plaine Saint Denis Regeneration in the Paris Ile-de-France Region . Lessons from the 1998 World Cup
June 2007
The Stade de France, a new multi-use venue built for the Word Cup 1998, was used as a powerful driver in the regeneration of the...
Corporate real estate . Cahiers n° 145
October 2006
The appearance of new strategies related to the economic recomposition, to the financialisation of the property market and to the emerge of new institutional players have changed how firms relate to their property and to their host territory. These changes are not wit...
Economic performance of the European regions . Cahiers n° 135
December 2002
The economic competitiveness of a region depends on two highly correlated factors: the performance levels of existing companies, and the features of the regions in which these companies are located. Public policies –at...
Flexibility and precariousness . Cahiers n° 131-132
March 2002
While enhancing its competitiveness the Ile-de-France region economy has also become more fragile and vulnerable to fluctuations in international economic trends Over the last thirty years the Ile-de-France region econo...
Science and Technology in the Functional Urban Regions in Northwest Europe .
September 2001
In an economy where knowledge is becoming increasingly important (OECD, 2000), science and technology stimulate economic development, job creation, the improvement of products and services as well as public health in...
Economic challenges in Ile-de-France . Cahiers n° 124
September 1999
In the framework of today’s economic context, employment, the reduction of unemployment and the acquisition of essential skills are among the primary concerns of Ile-de-France residents. There are some shady areas in ...