Organizations studies are used to borrowing concepts, images and theories from some more or less close theoretical fields, frequently from other social and human sciences. This multitude of inspirations are necessary and offer large potentialities but some scholars regret that organization...

The work of maintaining institutions has been barely studied by neo-institutional analysis. We propose to enrich this notion thanks to the empirical study of credit rating. The credit rating industry is characterized by a paradox that lies in the opposition between the permanence that comes with...

The purpose of this article is to specify the nature of a critical activity in the field of strategy. While post-rational or procedural researches offered alternatives to conventional strategy, they do not reflect the specificity of the critical approach and do not really fit to a critical...

Research studies within organizational knowledge are good examples for both analyzing and illustrating the debate regarding a paradigm shift in management. Most articles in the field focus on knowledge complexity and its socially constructed side. Researchers have noted a great deal of...

The purpose of this article is to specify the nature of a critical activity in the field of strategy. While post-procedural researches offered alternatives to conventional strategy, they do not really fit to a critical theory of strategic management. Building on a literature review in critical...