Nicolas Befort is an Associate Professor of Economics at NEOMA Business School, where he is the Director of the Chair in Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development (NEOMA BS, Greater Reims, Marne en Champagne Chamber of Commerce, Paris-Reims Foundation, Caisse d'Epargne Grand Est Europe). His research work is at the crossroads of innovation studies, ecological economics, transition studies and organization studies at developing an economics of the ecological transition.