[fre] Cet article est fondé sur une étude explorative de six entreprises françaises leaders, engagées dans quatre secteurs émergents à haute technologie (robotique, fibres optiques, photovoltaïque, biotechnologies). L'objectif est d'identifier les logiques d'action, les stratégies,...

This work uses data from a range of different countries to provide a new framework for understanding international business dynamics. The authors extend Porter's theory of industry based global competition to explore competition between firms

The primary objective of this paper is to demonstrate the usefulness of an artificial intelligence technique known as neural network analysis as an aid to uncovering the underlying patterns, or trace effects, of national culture. To make our case, we provide an application of the technique's...

Managers share some views about the European managerial identity: an orientation towards people, the importance of negotiation, handling diversity and managing between extremes (Calori and de Woot, 1994). However, top managers' perceptions of management in Europe also deviate from the average...

This article is based on a study of two entrepreneurial high growth companies: Salomon and Plastic Omnium. Both of them managed high growth for about 40 years, became the leaders in their business and are still managed in an entrepreneurial mode by the founder, 40 years after start up. The...

The role of transnational project teams and networks (TPTNs) has increasingly become an important organizational mechanism for facilitating horizontal cooperation in multinational corporations (MNCs). In spite of this importance, there is little information on this innovative form of...

The analysis of practitioners' narratives in four industries--cables and wires, paint, footwear chocolate, and sugar confectionery--shows that innovative international strategies drive the dynamics of international competition. The four industry case studies suggest an empirical classification...

[eng] This article presents a model of market dynamics which is being empirically tested. Market structural analysis, then historical and prospective analysis are used to identify the variables which interact in major changes of the market system on four dimensions : « context », « strategies...