We investigate the private returns for academics that start new businesses. Total earnings for the universe of 478 individuals working at Swedish universities who quit to become full-time entrepreneurs between 1999 and 2008 are compiled. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first analysis...

This article, which is closely related to the previous article, is also by Andrew Sharpe of the Centre for the Study of Living Standards. It points out that there now appears to be a renaissance in productivity growth in the U.S. service sector, with output per worker growing five times faster...

French Abstract: Dérivé du terme crowdsourcing, le crowdfunding (ou financement participatif) est une méthode de levée de fonds, principalement sur Internet, qui s'appuie sur les réseaux sociaux et les plates-formes communautaires. Face aux contraintes réglementaires restreignant son...

French Abstract: Cet article dresse un paysage des innovations sociales numériques en France. Après les avoir définies, leur contexte est présenté et une typologie est proposée, à la lumière de près d’une centaine d’études de cas

On the basis of the recent concepts of epistemic communities and communities of practice, we show that the firm can be defined according to a form of double duality: cognitive and organisational. The interest of this approach is to put ahead the differentiated behavior from the manager and the...

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....