The longitudinal study of advice networks among 240 judges at the Commercial Court of Paris permits the examination of learning as an interactive process. We argue that a spinning top model is a useful heuristic for intra-organizational learning in dynamic advice networks. This model proposes...

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of control among peers. Drawing on a network study of a medium-sized Northeastern U.S. corporate law firm, this work shows that partners — all formally equal and locked in a cooperative situation — have developed an informal...

Cet article présente les premiers résultats d'une recherche insistant sur l'importance des structures relationnelles pour la capacité collective d'innover. La science est le produit toujours temporaire d'une activité de recherche collective. Pour innover collectivement, il faut se...