Low-tech innovation and creative regions

According to Marc Mousli and Philippe Durance, we are on the verge of a large wave of innovations. Such a phenomenon takes place when a mass of knowledge has been accumulating for decades. To be part of such a movement, France does not only have to promote high-tech innovation, but also the human, social and managerial innovations which complement it. This kind of essential, low-tech innovation may be a factor which stimulates development in numerous regions. It may even be the catalyst for actual 'resurrections' as exemplified by the examples of the village of Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid or the small town of Ploufragan. It is necessary to distance oneself from the well-known theory of the economist Richard Florida concerning creative regions. Rather than attempting to attract the famous 'creative class' in a particular place, it is better to rely on local economic and social resources as well as the cultural traditions which are specific to each region.