ERP systems have currently become tools that enable organizations to standardize business processes. They offer rich functionalities based on best practices. The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of this standardisation on organizations with reference to the different theoretical...

ICT is a key performance factor in developed countries. This PhD thesis focuses on the adoption of ICTs and their impact on the performance of manufacturing SMEs in a developing country. Following a first part covering the theoretical and conceptual framework, the rest of the thesis is organized...

We analyse the role of training in mitigating the negative impact of technical and organizational changes on the employment prospects of older workers. Using a panel of French firms in the late 1990s, we first estimate wage bill share equations for different age groups. Consistently with what is...

Purpose – Appropriation of information communication technology (ICT) drags tools and actors into a sociotechnical process. ICT, practices, and organizations are strongly modified. Only an interplay approach can reveal the complexity of relations between technology and work practices. The...

This work in progress paper aims to contribute to the literature on the cognitive foundations of capability development. Extant research acknowledges that capabilities are rooted in taken for granted conventions that are both a source of distinctiveness but may potentially also give rise to...

The Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) knows a real success in companies and their implementation causes a change in their management information system and especially a reconsideration of management procedures within the organization. Henceforth, the ERP systems are considered as tools of...