After a summmary of the theoretical background of their research, the authors report two cases: two families of former agricultural workers in the region of Bordeaux, confronted with the French principle of “obligation alimentaire” [family support duty] towards the elderly : two old ladies,...

The model presented in figure 1 - the collaboration ontology roles game model (CORG) , is an adaptation of the SECI model proposed by Nonaka and Takeuchi in 1995. According to the authors, the process of knowledge creation is an iterative process which continuously cuts four modes of knowledge...

We consider the evaluation of a business process quality, focusing on the robustness facet that is a very important quality dimension in this context. Our goal is to define metrics taking tacit knowledge into account. For this, we (re-)use informations coming from an existing structural analysis...

Several authors have demonstrated the importance of inter-organizational relationships for the development of biotechnology companies. Most of the works on this industrial sector analyze exclusively the contractual agreements of the companies. In this article, we propose to extend the study of...

L’objectif de cet article est de contribuer à une meilleure compréhension des mécanismes et des difficultés inhérentes à la construction d’une communauté de pratique. Nous montrons notamment comment la négation de la dimension stratégique des communautés de pratiques peut conduire...

This paper surveys alternative approaches to the emergence and evolution of institutions. The challenge is to develop frameworks capable of capturing both stability and change. We follow a “descaling” approach to show how founding assumptions about economics—namely, alternative assumptions...

Appréhender le comportement des agents face au risque est une gageure depuis les multiples contestations dont fit l’objet le modèle d’Espérance d’Utilité. Cet article s’appuie sur le cadre de travail de la Prospect Theory initié par Kahneman et Tversky, en apportant un éclairage...

We explore inter-organizational collective learning by assuming that authority relationships are different at the inter- from the intra-organizational level. This difference has implications for the way in which a collective solves the problems related to the creation of a hierarchy between...

Adopting a neo-structural perspective (Moore, 1990; Ibarra, 1995; Burt, 1995, 1998; Lin, 1995; Lazega, 2011, 2012), the present paper investigates the societal and organizational resistances (structural effect) and the relational biases (networking effect) hindering the professional advancement of...