The central message conveyed in this chapter is that there is a whole class of economic organizations that contribute substantially to what Coase (1992) called "the institutional structure of production". These arrangements fall neither under pure market relationships nor within 'firm...

The central message conveyed in this chapter is that there is a whole class of economic organizations that contribute substantially to what Coase (1992) called "the institutional structure of production". These arrangements fall neither under pure market relationships nor within 'firm...

This research addresses the question of explaining the Internet-related performance of a firm by relying on the Strategic Alignment Model. Following a contingent approach, the conceptual framework sheds light on the coherence between Internet use, business, organization and technology. The...

ERPs offer a two-fold answer to the need for integration. The first is technical in nature, since the architecture of these programs is designed to ensure the compatibility of their software components and the transparency of their data. They also offer a dynamic approach, because ERPs are...

Le sentiment de reconnaissance nous intéresse à plusieurs niveaux que nous allons développer dans cet article. Le sentiment peut-il être la science des fondements de la reconnaissance ? Le sentiment de reconnaissance et le besoin de reconnaissance sont-ils étroitement liés ou peuvent-ils...

Cet article propose de s'interroger sur le pouvoir mais plus précisément sur le pouvoir comme problème. Car avant de s'interroger sur le contenu du pouvoir, nous devons nous interroger sur le fait de l'existence du pouvoir, sur ce besoin chez l'homme de ce comportement. Est-ce un refuge, un...

The fact of organisational diversity leads us to put forward the paradox of " dynamic fit ". This serves as the basis for an alternative view of Lamarckism as applied to social sciences, which can provide a more efficient explanation of regular evolution in firms and populations. However, when a...