[eng] By considering the firm as a knowledge processor instead of an information processor, we show in this paper that the dimensions of the theory of the firm (existence, coherence and frontier of the firm...) have to be reconsidered and become more adequate to experiments and facts. In a first...

[fre] L'objectif de cette contribution est de prolonger la réflexion de Keith Pavitt sur la stratégie des firmes qui privilégie l'idée selon laquelle une bonne interprétation du mouvement stratégique de la technologie vers le marché suppose une compréhension claire de la distinction...

[eng] This article explores the impact of diversity of learning processes of firms upon the industrial dynamics. We present a simulation model which enables us to analyse the interactions among a population of heterogeneous firms characterised by specific learning and innovation processes. We...

[fre] Cet article cherche à développer une approche endogène de la croissance permettant de mettre en évidence les interactions entre la dynamique macroéconomique et le processus de changement technologique. Nous baserons notre analyse sur deux courants hétérodoxes de la théorie de la...

[eng] This contribution focuses on the simulation of the emergence and evolution of communities of practice, a concept brought forwards originally in sociology in the early 90's by Lave and Wenger (1990) and Brown and Duguid (1991). In a first part, the main theoretical principles on which...