Small and medium enterprises have strengthened their importance during the last decades in most industrialized countries, including the United States, Germany, Japan and Canada. The province of Quebec makes no exception as firms of less than 200 employees generate a substantial portion of its...

Au-delà de la diversité des PME se dégagent des besoins communs qui sollicitent en partie des réponses de politiques publiques : disposer de structures de facilitation pour améliorer le travail en réseau, mieux gérer la fonction financière et favoriser un accès plus aisé au conseil...

Based on the example of the automobile and electronics sector in China, the article examines the technological learning of companies in China and the way it is influenced by industrial policy. Companies have consolidated their production capacity and technological learning but are rarely in the...

The food crisis of 2007-2008 and the resulting urban riots observed in about forty developing countries placed the question of price instability at the very heart of the debate. The paper states that, since the 80s, the prevailing idea is that the best option is to manage risks without...

It was the title chosen in January 2004 for the 12 pages of the "Agreste" restitution of the primary results obtained through this second investigation, to the partners and interviewed firms, which was intended to question the evolutions of the regional agro-food sphere over 5 years (1998-2003)....

This paper concentrates on the analysis of organizational resources, competencies and capabilities as well as on the organizational architectures which facilitate their acquisition and use. On the basis of these concepts, the paper proposes an analysis grid which is then applied to a case study...

Is internet a simple stage, or a profound revolution, in the general evolution of the art and science of management? The goal of this paper is to present a synthesis of several years of observation and reflection on the new “space of freedom” resulting from the adoption of the internet....