This paper is an attempt to understand how rules operate in organisations. I focus on the links between organisational … routines and rules that are defined as incomplete since they come to their application. I analyse the role of routines in … managing the incompleteness of rules. I present a case study where management introduced a productivity bonus in the middle of …

dynamics of organisational rules between 1996 and 2005. The French New Market (FNM) was created in 1996 in order to finance … dynamics testifies a lack of consistency and relevance in the rules during this period, given the identity and of the FNM. More … generally, we show that rules changes shed light on how such a market functions, and also attest as to whether it flourishes or …

could be better off by signing an agreement on differentiated standards in order to exploit increasing returns to scale in …

types of agreement : an agreement on a uniform standard with transfers and an agreement on differentiated standards without … given the expected level of abatement standards, resulting from future bilateral negotiations. Our findings indicate that …

uniform versus differentiated abatement standards when there are imperfect transferts between countries. To achieve this goal … of similarity of countries to defend the use of uniform standards is not appropriate, when there exists high level of … total welfare criteria, we notice first that differentiated standards with transfers are generally better than uniform …

Standards and norms are central objects for institutional studies. However, their role in innovation and the creation …-districts, both in France and Denmark. Our analysis reveals different tensions, tradeoffs and priorities, among standards, between …

strategic use of IP, especially for setting of technical standards. Past examples have explains this role and conclude to the … determinant IP factor. We would like to explore the new use of IP in setting standards in Internet and investigate if the old …

, analysing the current water standards implies that we adopt the representation of reality they provide as a reading grid …