Vulnerability–resilience indexes fail to grasp all dimensions of sustainability, whereas sustainable development has gained momentum. We fill this gap with a hierarchical multimetric composite index (Net Vulnerability Resilience Index: NVRI) whose robustness relies on a mathematical algorithm...

Since the publication of path-breaking contributions on the governance of environmental resources in the early 1990s many political initiatives have been taken, many governance experiments have been run, and a large multidisciplinary field of research has opened up. The aim of this...

Chemical industry's managers have developed since mid-1970' a management and prevention risk policy named “Responsible Care”. This policy was a first draft for a sustainable management even if these two concepts were not exactly synonymous. Through genealogy of this practice and its use in a...

This article provides a critical appraisal of the concept of sustainable development in light of climate change. As the latest climate change science indicates strong effects of anthropogenic activity on global warming, we review the pros and the cons of prioritizing development over...

Chemical industry's managers have developed since mid-1970' a management and prevention risk policy named “Responsible Care”. This policy was a first draft for a sustainable management even if these two concepts were not exactly synonymous. Through genealogy of this practice and its use in a...

Les travaux du sociologue Granovetter n'ont eu jusqu'à présent qu'un faible écho en gestion des ressources humaines, et n'ont probablement pas reçu toute l'attention qu'ils méritaient. L'objectif de la présente analyse consiste à éclairer la démarche de Mark Granovetter, à en montrer...

Les travaux du sociologue Granovetter n'ont eu jusqu'à présent qu'un faible écho en gestion des ressources humaines, et n'ont probablement pas reçu toute l'attention qu'ils méritaient. L'objectif de la présente analyse consiste à éclairer la démarche de Mark Granovetter, à en montrer...