(VF)Malgré l’importance croissante du secteur des TIC dans les économies contemporaines, aucune recherche n’a été spécifiquement centrée sur les déterminants de la création d’entreprises dans ce secteur. L’objectif de cette étude est de combler ce vide, en se centrant sur un...

Selling an activity between firms is mainly analysed, in a structural approach, as an adjustment to new market constraints. The aim of this article is to show that a business unit transfer to a competitor may be analysed as the result of an aggressive behaviour of this competitor. This...

(VF)Cette recherche a pour objectif de s'interroger sur les liens entre l'agressivité concurrentielle et la sortie de marché. Par l'étude approfondie d'un cas, elle montre comment deux firmes ont délibérément éliminé du marché leurs deux principaux concurrents pour se retrouver en...

The aim of this research is to place the relationship between innovation and internationalization for SMEs into the more global context of competitive strategy. Based on the ?strategic fit? theory, an empirical study based on a sample of 58 SMEs shows that international SMEs differ significantly...

This study investigates the effect of sporting performances on the volatility of listed football clubs. The theoretical background is based on the importance of intangible assets in the football industry and the difficulty in evaluating them. The empirical analysis is based on the family of...

This research aims at studying the impact of individual strategies, vertical collaboration and coopetition strategies on product innovation. The empirical study focuses on the video game industry and, more particularly on the strategies adopted by publishers to develop innovative products. This...

(VF)La coopétition devient un mode relationnel de plus en plus répandu dans l’industrie des TIC. Or, les stratégies de coopétition sont par nature paradoxales, car elles combinent la coopération et la concurrence qui sont a priori mutuellement exclusives. Ce type de stratégie est-il...

The role of regional determinants in new entrepreneurs’ location decisions is analyzed in the French information and communication technologies (ICT) sector. As we focus on the emergence of this industry, our dataset includes every new ICT firm in France in the period 1993–2001. We find...

The tourism potential of rural areas represents a source of opportunities for entrepreneurship that can enhance regional development. The impact of tourism is, however, complex, representing a combination of benefits and costs. Despite the necessity to evaluate and understand in depth the...