Laboratoire d'Économie d'Orléans

What Laboratoire d'Économie d'Orléans does

Laboratoire d'Économie d'Orléans (LEO) is a French public academic research laboratory in economics, jointly affiliated with three public universities — Université d'Orléans, Université de Tours, and Université Clermont-Auvergne — and hosted at the Faculté de Droit, d'Économie et de Gestion in Orléans. Founded in 1996, it comprises approximately 100 members, including teacher-researchers, doctoral students, affiliated researchers, and administrative staff. Research is organized across three domains: Macroeconomics and Finance, Econometrics, and International Economics & Sustainable Development (EI2D), with named team leads in place since 2017–2022. The laboratory contributes to doctoral training through the SSTED doctoral school and the Orléans School of Economics (OSE) and participates in networks including INFER, ASRDLF, MSH Val de Loire, and Cosmetic Valley.

LEO does not produce commercial products or software. Its outputs are scholarly publications in peer-reviewed journals (e.g., Ecological Economics), working papers distributed via the open-access HAL repository, books, book chapters, and conference proceedings, alongside doctoral seminars, scientific workshops, and international colloquia. The laboratory is preparing to relocate to the new Porte-Madeleine university campus in September 2027.

The business model is non-commercial public research funding. Revenue (where it exists in an accounting sense) flows from institutional university allocations, competitive grants from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), European research contracts, regional contracts, MSH Val de Loire grants, and limited corporate-chair arrangements. There is no pricing model, no paying customer base, and no subscription revenue. The laboratory is governed under the French public research framework rather than private or venture-backed ownership, and its financial manager, team directors, and deputy doctoral-school director collectively oversee its academic and administrative operations.

Name

Laboratoire d'Économie d'Orléans

Legal name

Laboratoire d'Économie d'Orléans

Website

https://leo-univ-orleans.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LEO is a French public academic economics research laboratory jointly governed by three universities (Orléans, Tours, Clermont-Auvergne). It serves the scholarly community through peer-reviewed research, doctoral training, and conferences across macroeconomics, econometrics, and sustainable development.

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Product category

Academic Economics Research

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Research Universities with Comprehensive Graduate & Professional Schools (EDAHAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Research Universities with Multi-Campus Systems (EDAHAAAI)

Keywords

• Economic research laboratory
• Academic research services
• Macroeconomics research
• Econometrics research
• Doctoral economics training

Headquarters

HQ city

Orléans

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Research Funding: LEO is a public research laboratory funded by universities (Université d'Orléans, Université de Tours, Université Clermont-Auvergne) and government research agencies. Funding comes from institutional allocations, ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche) contracts, European research contracts, regional contracts, and MSH (Maison des Sciences de l'Homme) grants.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LEO is a public academic research laboratory in economics bringing together approximately 100 teacher-researchers from three French universities (Université d'Orléans, Université de Tours, and Université Clermont-Auvergne). It conducts theoretical and empirical research across three domains — Macroeconomics and Finance, Econometrics, and International Economics and Sustainable Development — while supervising doctoral students, publishing peer-reviewed research, and organizing scientific seminars, workshops, and international conferences.

Product overview

Laboratoire d'Économie d'Orléans (LEO) is a university economics research laboratory, not a commercial product company. It is a research unit bringing together teacher-researchers from Université Clermont-Auvergne, Université d'Orléans, and Université de Tours. The laboratory focuses on academic research in three main domains: Macroeconomics and Finance, Econometrics, and International Economics and Sustainable Development. LEO produces scholarly publications, research documents, doctoral seminars, and organizes scientific events. It does not offer commercial products or software services in the traditional sense.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Academic Economics Research
• Doctoral Training and Supervision
• Scientific Events (Conferences, Workshops, Seminars)
• Research Publications and Working Papers

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Université d'OrléanscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary host university of the LEO laboratory. Provides institutional support, facilities, and academic infrastructure for the laboratory's research activities.
• Université de TourscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner university contributing teacher-researchers to the LEO laboratory. Members from Tours participate in joint research projects and doctoral supervision.
• Université Clermont-AuvergnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner university contributing teacher-researchers to the LEO laboratory. Extends the laboratory's research capacity across a third French university.
• MSH Val de Loire (Maison des Sciences de l'Homme)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch infrastructure partner providing support for the laboratory's activities. LEO members collaborate with MSH Val de Loire on various research initiatives.
• INFER (International Network For Economic Research)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational non-profit scientific association with over 250 active members. LEO researchers, particularly Camelia Turcu who chaired INFER from 2015-2020, actively participate in organizing international conferences and workshops.
• Cosmetic ValleyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational competitive cluster. LEO members participate in the Managing Board as elected alternate members.
• ASRDLF (Association de Science Régionale de Langue Française)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench-language regional science association. LEO members hold board positions and participate in the association's activities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OFCE (Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Économiques): French economic forecasting and research institute producing applied economic analysis. Comparable to LEO as a French research entity focused on macroeconomic analysis, public policy evaluation, and academic publication.
• CEPREMAP: French center for economic research and its applications with a focus on applied economics and policy. Comparable to LEO as a French non-commercial economics research entity conducting peer-reviewed work and policy-relevant analysis.
• Institut des Politiques Publiques (IPP): French public policy research institute producing economic analysis and evaluation. Comparable to LEO in its non-commercial French research structure, peer-reviewed output, and policy-relevant economics focus.
• Paris School of Economics (PSE): Top-tier French economics research institution jointly supported by multiple public universities and institutions. Directly comparable to LEO as a multi-partner French economics research consortium producing doctoral training and policy-relevant research.
• Toulouse School of Economics (TSE): Leading French economics research center combining university faculty and CNRS researchers. Highly comparable to LEO as a French public-university-affiliated economics research laboratory producing peer-reviewed work across macroeconomics, econometrics, and development economics.
• LEMNA (Laboratoire d'Économie et de Management Nantes-Atlantique): French economics and management research laboratory affiliated with public universities in western France. Comparable to LEO as a multi-university French economics research lab producing academic publications and doctoral training.
• GAEL (Grenoble Applied Economics Lab): French university-affiliated applied economics research laboratory covering environmental, energy, and industrial economics. Directly comparable to LEO as a publicly funded French economics lab within a multi-campus university system.
• TEPP (Théorie et Evaluation des Politiques Publiques): French research unit focused on labor economics and public policy evaluation. Comparable to LEO as a French public-university-affiliated economics research lab producing peer-reviewed publications and hosting doctoral researchers.

Broad incumbents

• Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR): International network of academic economists producing policy-relevant research. Comparable to LEO at the network level given shared INFER/CEPR-adjacent membership patterns, though CEPR operates at much broader international scale.

Regional players

• INRAE (Applied Economics Division): Major French public research institution with applied economics divisions covering agricultural, environmental, and food economics. Comparable to LEO as a publicly funded French research entity focused on applied economics, though INRAE operates at substantially greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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