Application of the concept of innovative environment in the die sport-leisures : Case study in the sporting goods industry of Rhone-Alpes

This article is extracted from a study about the existence of Innovative Environments (IE) in the Sporting Goods Industry (SGI) in the Rhne-Alpes region. On the one hand the purpose of this work is to highlight the downright practical function of the concept of IE within the field of Sport-related activities (SRA/SAR) and more precisely in Very Small Companies (VSC/TPE) producing sport articles in Rhne-Alpes. On the other hand, the study tries to disclose whether that field of activity is related to other economic and industrial sectors (plasturgie, rotomoulding) and if there is an effective co-operation between the various actors of this sector. Through this study we intend to account for the chosen methodology (GREMI) and then provide the main results.