This article deals with a new approach to industrial policy in France to support
the creation of regional research clusters. We address the topic as follows.
Section 1 gives some general insights into this policy. Section 2 addresses the
structure and the working of one of the Rhône-Alpes regional clusters
— the Lyon Urban Trucks and Bus (LUTB) Cluster. Section 3 describes
the type of knowledge management within the LUTB cluster which is considered to
be crucial for discovering and exploring new directions for research.
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