To address a gap in the literature that deals with official quality labels, the article proposes a methodology for analysis and a conceptual framework that are subsequently applied to two such quality labels from the south west region of France : ‘Volaille Fermières des Landes’ and...

Fondée sur un travail empirique d‟enquête sur les usages des fonds Konver en Lombardie, dans la région de Manchester et en Aquitaine, l'article montre combien les trajectoires passées des régions et la teneur des dispositifs locaux d'action publique ont généré une très forte...

The paper aims to develop a methodology of an institutionalist approach of industrial dynamics. Part 1 defines the framework for such an institutionalist approach in the continuity the J.R. Commons’ method. Part 2 elaborates the basis of the project of an institutionalist industrial dynamics...

The paper proposes an original institutionalist framework to analyze the dynamics of sectors (or industries), their emergence, their evolution and their possible disappearance. The meso-economic analysis concerns the way by which are institutionalized, within every industry, the relationships [...

<!--Début du contenu @xml:lang="en"--> ?In this paper, we explain why and how the ado? <!--Fin du contenu @xml:lang="en"--> <!--Début du contenu @xml:lang="en"--> ?ption of a modular product-architecture transforms the organisation of industry. Considering the auto industry, we show that modularity-as-process transforms the overall automobile industry: carmakers, suppliers and buyer/suppliers...

Discussions of the role European Commissioners play in European Union politics are shaped by three powerful implicit assumptions. These posit a causal relationship between a Commissioner's behaviour and previous career, portfolio and national origin. In addition, Commissioners are seen as...

European Union competition policy is often described as neoliberal, without this leading to more investigation. This paper highlights how the European Competition policy doctrine has been shaped, how the ordoliberal movement and the Chicago school ideas have been implemented and supported by the...

[fre] Un des paris principaux de la réforme des fonds structurels communautaires de 1988 a été d'inciter les acteurs de filières économiques différentes à travailler ensemble en territoria- lisant les logiques sectorielles. Or, face aux réseaux d'acteurs concernés, jusqu'ici...

This rapid response article briefly examines one feature of the relationship between social class and elite sport: the social backgrounds of the Olympians who comprised Team GB (Great Britain) at the 2012 London Olympics Games, and especially their educational backgrounds, as a means of shedding...