A network is an organizational form for collective action whose main features rest on the variety and intensity of relations between actors. We rely on the work of Austrian sociologist Friedberg, for an integrated analysis of organization studies. Studying a healthcare network located in eastern...

The link between strategy and public organization is of growing interest since years and we especially question what organizations strategically do when they implement new organizational arrangements imposed by public policies. And we especially contribute to what public organizations...

The article examines the process of innovation and knowledge sharing from a perspective that focuses on the influence that local circumstances can have. In particular, it looks at the problems of knowledge sharing between groups of professionals. It presents a comparative analysis of two...

This paper aims to analyze the process of creation and capitalization of knowledge within clusters. Clusters are characterized as localized and distributed organizations. We consider that clusters can be analyzed as a whole but are influenced and influence their member's knowledge. Four...

Organizational relational practices reveal the various manners organizations may take into account the diversity of actors they have to deal with. This diversity deals with knowledge and practices, and modes of structuring of the collective action and it impacts on what is being designed. The...

This theoretical article based on economy and management is trying to underline the limits of the GDP as well as the limits of the gross national happiness. Our contribution is to look after a different way to look at the creation of the relations (in a positive or a negative way) in the process...

This theoretical paper is based on previous articles written by the author. Indeed, we believe that the organizations must be analyzed beyond the classic opposition between mechanistic and organic organizations (Burn and Stakler, 1961 Wine et al., 2006). The organizations in the health sector...

The role of entrepreneurs is highly regarded in our societies. It is widely recognized that their roles are not limited to the private sector, but can affect all sectors of the economy. In view of this, we focus on entrepreneurs acting in the healthcare sector. We concentrate more particularly...

There is in France and more generally in Europe a paradox. In the agro industry business, the use of biotechnology is suspicious and controversy (see for example the emblematic case of GMOs), the subject is little debate in the health sector. Yet, in those two sectors, the production process of...

Capitalisation of the history of a technology, a technique or a concept within an industrial company is relevant to historians. However it largely exceeds the historical problems from a Knowledge Management point of view. In this context, it can be the subject of specific approaches especially...