THE REGIONAL INTEGRATION OF BIORAFFINERIES IN FRANCE: AN APPROACH BY THE TERRITORIAL INNOVATION MODEL

Ion Lucian Ceapraz (), Miravo Rakotovao and Loïc Sauvée
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Ion Lucian Ceapraz: Polytechnic Institute Unilasalle, France
Miravo Rakotovao: Polytechnic Institute Unilasalle, France
Loïc Sauvée: Polytechnic Institute Unilasalle, France

Romanian Journal of Regional Science, 2021, vol. 15, issue 1, 33-51

Abstract: A biorefinery integrated into its territory embodies the development of a business cluster, insofar as it reaches a minimum threshold on the geographical scale, while crossing progressive stages of regional development. From the point of view of the regional economy, there are several stages of spatial development and location of economic activities. The interest of this article lies in its objective to understand, from the point of view of regional economy, why the development of biorefineries follows the trajectory of economic activity clusters. To go further, we believe that through our example, the biorefinery can be considered as a new model of territorial innovation both by its spatial development process, and by the territorial integration that prevails within these complexes, in an approach of economic sustainability.In a second step, we try to highlight the mechanisms at work as well as the determinants that allow the biorefinery to be territorially integrated.

Keywords: territorially integrated biorefinery; cluster; industrial symbiosis; top-down and bottom-up approach; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q57 R11 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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