Classification societies play a major role in maritime safety and the regulation of the international shipping market. They have a dual mission, namely the classification and certification of ships. Paradoxically, the academic literature on the strategic behaviour of classification societies...

Technological firms growingly depend on open innovation to compete in hypercompetitive markets. To openly engage the creativity of a multitude of private actors, firms can rely on crowdsourcing. This is notably the case of mobile application platform providers, such as Google, Apple, Huawei,...

Purpose Despite the growing interest in the field of supply chain sustainability (SCS), little exploration of new theories exists. Therefore, this paper aims to introduce practice theories to SCS studies through a practice turn. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual paper in nature....

An original organizational form, a hybrid between market and hierarchy, franchise networks are based on a close and interactive collaboration between several firms: a franchisor, who generally is the initiator of the partnership, and franchisees, legally and financially independent retailers,...

L'objectif de ce travail de recherche était de mettre en lumière les conditions de mise en œuvre et les bénéfices attendus de quatre pôles de compétitivité de la région PACA (Solutions communicantes sécurisées ; Mer, sécurité et sûreté, Développement durable ; Fruits et légumes...