Defence, Innovations and Growth n°12, 2013/2 - 232 pagesPages 3 à 11General presentationPar Rémy HerreraPages 13 à 35Military spending, technical progress, and economic growth: a critical overview on mainstream defense economicsPar Rémy Herrera, Eleonora GentilucciPages 37 à 57Defence, innovation and development: the case of IsraelPar Mark Broude, Saadet Deger, Somnath SenPages 59 à 78Technology and the defense industry: real threats, bad habits, or new (market) opportunities?Par Renaud BellaisPages 79 à 102Technological change and disruptive trends in the support of defense systems in FrancePar Josselin DroffPages 103 à 125The failed birth of a giant: lessons learned from the collapse of the EADS / BAE systems mergerPar Pierre Barbaroux, Blandine LaperchePages 127 à 149Some notes about the U.S. military bases and personnel abroadPar Rémy Herrera, Joëlle CicchiniPages 151 à 174Between crisis and wars - where is the United States heading?Par Rémy HerreraPages 175 à 197Commons-based science and research and the privatization of its fruits: the robotics paradigmPar Nikos A. AspragathosPages 199 à 223The research tax credit in the policy mix for innovation: the French casePar Zeting Liu