Given the importance of governance systems in companies and to all its partners, collective responsibility of the different governance devices has been highlighted. The role of the Board which can be viewed as a body of supreme control remains highly controversial in the in different...

Aim of the paper Entrepreneurship is recognized as an engine of both economic growth and development (Audretsch & al, 2006). Such growth results in social and cultural change as new companies and industries are created and have their impact. Women entrepreneurs contribute greatly to this dynamic...

La PME ne semble pas avoir bénéficié d’un grand intérêt quant aux rôles, composition et contribution de leur conseil d’administration (CA). La recherche sur cet organe a été, en effet, dominée par le cadre d’analyse de la théorie de l’agence et a attribué une attention quasi...

Les femmes entrepreneurs vivent la croissance différemment. Contrairement à une vision plus traditionnelle de l'entrepreneuriat féminin, notre étude porte sur l’hypothèse selon laquelle certaines femmes entrepreneures cherchent délibérément la croissance. A partir de cette hypothèse,...

This article addresses theoretically the dynamics of innovation and growth paths in an economy producing “standard goods” and emerging “new goods”. We model consumers’ preferences for both types of goods as well as producers’ behaviours in relation with consumers’ decisions. In...

This paper contributes to literature by giving more precise measures to technological innovation in order to estimate its economic value and assess its impact on the financial performance of companies in Europe. Focus is given to European patent system which is different from the American one....

The purpose of this paper is to show how a better understanding of the role played by technology in the decision–making process of a business changes our conception of the nature of the firm. According to the role played by technology in decision–making, the author distinguishes five grades...