Purpose – While fierce global competition has negative environmental and social impacts and may lead large companies to act irresponsibly, corporate social responsibility (CSR) academic literature, especially stakeholder theory, pays little attention to competition and market pressure. It only...

Des investissements colossaux ont été réalisés dans le domaine des technologies de l'information (TI) depuis une trentaine d'années sans que ni praticiens ni chercheurs puissent se mettre d'accord sur leur rentabilité et leur efficacité. Pour la plupart des auteurs, la contribution des...

Purpose – While fierce global competition has negative environmental and social impacts and may lead large companies to act irresponsibly, corporate social responsibility (CSR) academic literature, especially stakeholder theory, pays little attention to competition and market pressure. It only...

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...