L'objectif de l'article est de souligner l'importance des compétences, notamment les compétences relationnelles, dans le processus innovatif des entreprises. L'innovation ne peut se résumer à la seule R&D et nécessite souvent le développement de réseaux, de rela tions diverses qu'il...

The aim of this paper is to suggest that the concept of the dependence effect and of the consumer sovereignty, developed by Galbraith, has to be reexamined in a knowledge-based economy. We reconsider these concepts in the light of the consumption routine. In this perspective, the main result of...

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...

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...

This article stresses the importance of competencies, specifically relational competencies, in the innovation process. Innovation output is not only produced by R&D but also often supported by networks and interfirm relations that differ according to the size of the firm. We perform an empirical...

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...

The schumpeterian paradox is an interpretation of the néo-schumpeterians which consider that the thought of J.A. Schumpeter is made conspicuous by a contradiction on the question of the relation between the size of the companies and their innovatives capacities. We reject this interpretation by...

[eng] Based on an organisational knowledge creation model, we propose a new lecture of schumpeterian conjecture. Taxonomy of the variety of innovative behaviours of SME is elabored by considering knowledge for innovate. [fre] En nous fondant sur un modèle de création de connaissance...

Network is often considered as a support of knowledge creation. We consider that two main forms of networks can be identified in the economy: horizontal and vertical. We propose to compare these networks according to the question of knowledge creation. The aim of this article is then to...