1. Current and diverse practices

1.1 Characteristics and paradoxes of current economic trends

Alliances and cooperation between companies seem to be part of a new phase in economic development, characterized by a high degree of hybridization of technologies.

• Formerly

  Initially, development was mainly the result of the application of a body of knowledge linked to clearly identified classical disciplines, those that form the basis of high school science teaching: mechanics, electricity, optics, chemistry and so on. Each of these disciplines has the potential for economic applications and innovations. Mechanics leads to the automotive industry. Chemistry leads to the detergent industry. Electronics leads to radio and television, and so on. In this...