The Defense Economy No 28, 2008/2 - pagesPages 5 to 7EditorialPages 9 to 31Finance and Defense: On Some Recent InterrelationshipsBy Claude SerfatiPages 33 to 59R&D and Innovation in France: What Kind of Financing for Defense Enterprises?By Jean Belin, Marianne GuillePages 61 to 83The Role of Defense Innovation in the French National Innovation SystemBy Claude SerfatiPages 85 to 103Contractual Choices and Innovation: The Case of Defense ProcurementBy Jean-Michel Oudot, Renaud BellaisPages 105 to 125Defense Innovation in the US: A Political and Cultural Approach Based on the Fligstein CaseBy Sylvain MouraPages 125 to 147The Role of Military And Security R&D in the New European Strategic Objective: Some Lessons Learned from the United States of AmericaBy Luc MampaeyPages 149 to 175Vauban: Defense and Cohesion of the National EconomyBy Guy CairePages 177 to 195Innovations in Industrial Transport in France: The Opening Up of the Saint-Etienne-Rive-de-Gier Basin (1750-1850)By Luc RojasPages 197 to 209AboutPages 210 to 213Selection