This paper aims at understanding what the consequences are of cultural diversity on co-operative relationships. Co-operation is considered through two different modes: the first one, called community based co-operation, is based on the need for belonging and the second mode, called complementary...

Having been introduced in the European Union and in many other countries, the equal opportunity rule is seen as protecting investors in the event of a transfer of control. This rule should be analyzed in a context of appropriation of private benefits between the new controlling shareholders and...

The equal opportunity rule is seen as protecting investors in the event of a transfer of control. In order to better analyze the consequence of such a rule, we need to account for the information asymmetry that exists between new controlling shareholders and outside investors with private...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Le rôle du temps dans le processus de transformation des organisations est à la fois évident et complexe. A travers l'exemple de la modernisation de la RATP entre 1989 et 1992, l'A. souhaite démontrer que le temps, tour à tour allié précieux (mais avec des pièges redoutables) et arbitre...