Recurring patterns of correlation amongst variables that measure elements of a firm's environment, strategy and structure - termed configuratios - are empirically demonstrated phenomena. Still no integrating theoretical framework has emerged which successfully explains these recurring patterns....

This article presents some of the findings of a large panel study, conducted form 1992 to 1994. The article focuses on the generic strategies that appear to attract Cameroonian firms and the relationship between strategy and performance.

En ces temps ou les lois de l'argent et du capital (re)devenu sauvage n'atteignent leur objectif de profit maximal qu'atravers des activites speculatives qui produisent des dizaines de millions de chomeurs, de la pollution et des inegalites de toutes sortes, de quelle reconnaissance peut-on...

In this paper, we intend to demonstrate the industrial modernity has in no way altered the old regime structure of Brazilian society. In fact, quite the contrary is true. On the basis of interviews, histories of several large private Brazilian organizations, analyses of published material and...