Les connaissances sont reconnues comme cruciales pour le management des organisations. Pour partie exprimées dans des documents, elles se construisent d'abord dans l'activité des acteurs. Il se dessine ainsi un triangle entre activité, connaissances et organisation. Si de nombreuses...

The present study addresses the question of uncertainty in individual deliberation in Rousseau's philosophy. Accordingly, it intends to consider in a new light his account of virtue and citizenship which cannot possibly be defined as systematic obedience to the general will. Weakness of the...

Il existe aujourd'hui une catégorie spécifique d'organisations qui prend la forme de dispositifs territoriaux d'appui aux entreprises avec pour principal objectif : l'aide à la décision par, notamment, des services personnalisés de fourniture d'informations élaborées. Ces dispositifs...

The study of the southern economies, among which emerging countries such as Brazil and several of Africa stand out, has acquired increasing international importance. In this article south-south cooperation between the South American giant and Sub-Saharan Africa is analyzed, focusing on the...

In this paper we address the issue of the indeterminacy of climate change negotiations and examine the role played by the BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) in this indeterminacy. Mobilising the analytical tools of international political economy (IPE), we show that changes...

This paper provides evidence that local social interactions within etnic groups may explain the puzzling variations in labour-market outcomes across individuals. Peer effects work first by creating pressure on labor-market participation, second, by conveying information about job opportunities...

The bulk of the South African cotton crop is produced by large scale commercial farmers. Therefore it might be misleading to present South Africa's impressive Genetically Modified Cotton (GMC) adoption figures as evidence of successful GMC use by smallholder farmers. The total South African...