Although research on social networks has gained significant influence in the academic world, several factors seem to have lowered its echo in the business world. It is still unclear how this fast-growing stream of research has translated into solid implications for managerial action and decision...

Cette recherche interroge le lien conceptuel entre réseaux sociaux et apprentissage organisationnel à l'aune d'une perspective duale de la connaissance (objet versus flux). Elle prend appui sur une étude de cas qualitative et longitudinale de refonte du système d'information d'un grand...

Innovation and globalization are considered as the main two engines of economic performance . Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE), entrepreneurship within existing organizations, is a source of innovation and performance for businesses (Miller, 1997; Guth and Ginsberg, 1990; Hornsby and al., 1993 ; Zahra, 1993;...

The resolution of a concrete problem lies at the heart of action research approaches. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the practical difficulties implied by the adoption of a participative approach where the problem to be solved is constructed collaboratively with organizational...

Le management interculturel est généralement associé à l’hypothèse d’un impact négatif des différences culturelles sur la dynamique des coopérations internationales. Qu’en est-il dans les faits ? Une synthèse des recherches empiriques testant ce lien permet de mettre en évidence...

Évoluer d’un modèle fonctionnel à une forme d’organisation multipolaire impose aux firmes une profonde remise en question de leur management

The everchanging European context may well lead to the evolution of MNCs' strategies in Europe and to the evolution of the control mechanisms within their subsidiaries. The author analyses the issue from the angle of human resources management, considered as an informal control tool that is...