This conceptual paper proposes to identify and to characterize a new model to describe and pilot complexity across organizations, through a compared study on three objects : the town, the IS and the firm. After a summary of the principles of the functionalist model, we underline how the...

The legal protection of knowledge has become a major asset for compagnies seeking to go beyond the constraints of place and space traning. What legal framework can be applied to the training provided in a digital environment? According to an exploratory process conducted with a sample of ten...

Innovation and globalization are considered as the main two engines of economic performance . Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE), entrepreneurship within existing organizations, is a source of innovation and performance for businesses (Miller, 1997; Guth and Ginsberg, 1990; Hornsby and al., 1993 ; Zahra, 1993;...

Considering the ageing of the French population, the extension of the working life and the new reform of pensions, the seniors’ integration in the firms appears as a major managerial topic. Besides the development of the information and communication technologies in the organizations imparts...

The concept of alignment is often interpreted as a final or temporary consequence. It is often considered as a static concept, measured at a precise moment t, via scales of measurement, according to a quantitative approach. However, research papers with the aim of studying and examining the...