La logistique urbaine est une discipline née dans les années 1990, avec pour objet de répondre aux questions qui se posent autour des nuisances provoquées par le transport de marchandises en ville. Très étudiée en termes de politiques publiques et de méthodes d'aide à la décision...

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses several topics within the issue including developing an interest in materiality for the organizational research, workshops on materiality, and linking of materiality with the strategy practice agenda.

The thesis puts forth an empirical methodology to study the link between modes of knowledge production and innovation, based on a functional (basic research, applied research and development) and organisational (internal research, external research) analysis of RD activities. To do so, it uses...

Mission, vision, or strategic intent, the articulation of a radical future is identified as a source of competitive advantage and sustainable performance. An exploratory study leads us to identify a new form of discourse : strategic ambition. The first objective of our research is to solve an...

The field of strategy is bubbling over with ideas. As such, this field has given rise to multiple distinctions and oppositions showing that strategy is not only a rationale science, but also a complex, iterative and practice-oriented art. Nonetheless, these oppositions may tend to interrogate...

Sociomaterial research overcomes the dichotomy between social and material worlds by concentrating on organizational practices. These practices are constituted by, but also produce, material and social dynamics. This research is currently having an important impact in management studies and...

Alliances avec des concurrents, participation des clients et des fournisseurs aux tous premiers stades d'une innovation ou encore partenariats avec des Etats, les exemples de coopération des entreprises avec leur environnement sont toujours plus nombreux ; ces partenariats peuvent même au...