Innovation Systems No 19, 2004/1 - pagesPages 7 to 8EditorialPages 9 to 36The Kondratieff Cycles: A Philosophical CritiqueBy Benoît TongletPages 37 to 52Features of an Efficient Sustainable Policy in FranceBy Renelle GuichardPages 53 to 73The Impact of Information Technology on the Spatial Organization of Service Activities: Two Case Studies: Road Freight Transportation and Intensive Knowledge-Based ServicesBy Antje Burmeister, Faridah DjellalPages 75 to 99Innovation and Innovative Paths in Large Retail Companies: A Lancaster ApproachBy Camal GalloujPages 101 to 113Wage Savings and Pension Savings: Innovation for Whose Benefit?By Éric VernierPages 115 to 129Financial Innovation and InvestmentBy Rogério SobreiraPages 131 to 142Innovation and Workers’ Rights: What Are Employers’ Obligations?By Marc RichevauxPages 143 to 161The Maquiladoras of Mexico’s Northern Border and Bi-national Innovation NetworksBy Daniel VillavicencioPages 163 to 194The Technological Strategies of Brazilian Subsidiaries of Multinational Corporations: Their Causes and Implications for Local Technological CapacitiesBy Eliane FrancoPages 195 to 218The Network: A Monitoring Tool or a Tool for Developing the Enterprise?By Emmanuel DjuatioPages 219 to 236Economic ConsiderationsBy Marlyse PoucholPages 237 to 246About