Programmes et actions publiques pour stimuler l’innovation régionale dans la compétitivité mondiale

Abstract: Theobjectiveofthisarticleistoanalysepublicinitiativestostimulateregional innovation in Walloon region in Belgium and in the Province of Quebec. The empirical analysis relies on the competitive poles program in Walloon and on the ACCORD project (Action Concerte ́e de Coope ́ration Re ́gionale de De ́veloppement) in Quebec. The comparison will allow discussing the implementation and regional embedding of these programs and will reveal the similarities and the differences between the structure, the organization and the deployment of these strategies in the various regions targeted.