This paper studies competencies and human resource management practices of French manufacturing firms. Using the French survey Competences pour Innover 1997, we highlight various collective and individual competencies used in an innovation perspective. Detailed descriptive analysis permit to...

This paper investigates arrangements capable of enhancing, capturing and utilizing knowledge within the firm. Using French data set, we aim at studying the complementarities between knowledge management and human resource management practices (henceforth, KM and HRM), and their impact on...