The paper dives into the controversies that make markets, exploring the processes at play behind the renewal of competitive landscape. The analysis of such processes is complex for several reasons: because they happen in environments riddled with ambiguities, because they involve temporal...

Alliances et imitations sont souvent étudiées à travers le prisme de la quête individuelle de compétitivité. Cette recherche propose d’aborder ces stratégies sous un angle collectif et d’étudier leur impact sur la dynamique d’une industrie. Comment se déroule la transition d’une...

The article offers an illustration of the respective role of institutions and contracts and their interactions in the coordination process of contracting parties, drawing upon an empirical analysis of defense procurement contracts in France. The articles seeks to provide an explanation of the...

Research into accountancy has concentrated largely on professional accountants and has tended to ignore accounting clerks. Based on a micro-historical approach and the case of a French company as a starting point, this study explores the evolution of workspace and demonstrates how the space...