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...

Three types of interactions – discursive, translating and based on experience – allowed actors to improvise consistently and manage the critical aspects of the 2003 French heat wave. Our study suggests that managers should help to generate these interactions during crisis response. It also...

L’improvisation suscite un intérêt croissant dans la littérature managériale. Cependant, le cas particulier de l’improvisation organisationnelle a été relativement peu étudié jusqu’ici. Au- delà d’une simple transposition des caractéristiques individuelles au niveau collectif,...