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On the existence and sustainability of organizational alternatives to the dominant PSF model: crisis and change in a democratic consulting firm
Gand, Sébastien; Noury, Lucie; Sardas, Jean-Claude - HAL - 2013
In this paper, we contribute to the study of the heterogeneity of professional service firms through an extreme case, by investigating the conditions of the existence and sustainability of democratic forms of organizing in a professional setting. To do so, we studied DemEx, a long-standing mid...
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The Diversity of Capitalism and Heterogeneity of Firms - A Case Study of Japan during the Lost Decade
Lechevalier, Sébastien - HAL - 2007
Most institutional theories of the diversity of capitalism (at least implicitly) assume the existence of a representative firm in each type of capitalism. Based on a case study of Japan during the Lost Decade (1992-2005), this paper aims at showing that this assumption introduces severe...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008789199
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So little time and so much to change: a structurationist case study on the limitations of rationalization.
Peigné, Paul - HAL - 2012
In all the theories pertaining to organizations, the concept of time, also termed temporality, is often approached as a simple implicit framework of action. The notion of movement or change can only therefore be appreciated by its variation and rarely as an intrinsic dimension able to influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898642
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Routines during an organizational change: a study on dynamics and its effects
Peigné, Paul - HAL - 2013
In their quest for deeper insight into organizations, for some years now a great deal of researchers have focused on the concept of routines. Routines enable researchers to make out some of the dynamics which govern the organization, by fostering stability or , on the contrary, favoring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898790
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The odyssey of "alternative firms": new organizational propositions from a case-study
Béjean, Mathias; Gand, Sébastien - HAL - 2010
Lately, "conventional" firms have been roughly criticized for both the legitimacy of shareholder value and the production of negative externalities that affect society. In the crisis context, "alternative" firms are often presented as candidates to design renewed organizations. However, there is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899194
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Learning from innovation echoes in mature organizations - The case of the automotive industry
Hooge, Sophie; Dalmasso, Cédric - HAL - 2011
In competitive industries, intensive and repeated innovation is a recognized necessity (Wheelwright and Clark, 1992; Le … Masson et al., 2010). Literature on innovation (Utterback, 1994; Henderson & Clark, 1990) distinguishes Dominant Design … revisions (radical innovations) from local improvements (incremental innovations). Regarding the innovation process management …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548428
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GESTÃO DE INOVAÇÃO: COMPARAÇÃO DE DUAS REALIDADES DISTINTAS - UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE SANTA CRUZ (ILHÉUS, BAHIA) E UNIVERSIDADE DE LA ROCHELLE (FRANÇA)
Holanda, Fabiana Carneiro Silva De; Segundo, Gesil … - HAL - 2013
Universidade de La Rochelle (ULR) (France) in relation to the activities of innovation management, intellectual property (IP) and …, the legislation on innovation of each country, patents deposited and cases of technology transfer are presented. The … regarding the legislation on innovation, from the databases of the universities, and from an interview with the director of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721441
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A contingency approach of open innovation intermediaries - the management principles of the "intermediary of the unknown"
Agogué, Marine; Berthet, Elsa; Fredberg, Tobias; … - HAL - 2013
can they manage and drive collective innovation? We first build on a review of the literature to highlight common core … innovation intermediaries by exploring the properties of a form of intermediary for which the degree of unknown is a key …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820531
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Crossing innovation and product projects management: comparative analysis in the automotive industry.
Beaume, Romain; Maniak, Rémi; Midler, Christophe - HAL - 2009
during the1990s. For those firms, innovation management no longer deals with introducing radically and totally new products …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008789648
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The Launch of Innovative Product-Related Services: Lessons from automotive telematics
Lenfle, Sylvain; Midler, Christophe - HAL - 2009
field that needs exploration by researchers in product and services innovation: the design of the sales process. Furthermore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791488