The development of new forms of management control in three public networks allows to question the concept of innovation in the field of organizational control. It leads also to identify the factors which permit the rising of innovation and the real changes that it involves.

Quel rôle joue la coévolution dans l’adaptation d’une population d’entreprises à un environnement hostile ? Pour répondre à cette question, la sociologie des réseaux est revisitée à partir du modèle biologique de Kauffman. Une méthodologie qualitative est déployée, mettant à...

For many specialists of territorial networks, the question of governance is crucial. Nevertheless, few works have focused on this subject. In a context where this kind of network is multiplying, and in view of the mixed results of the experiments carried out up until now, this article offers a...

This paper studies alliances through a methodological device based on simulation. The model results, compared to the photographic industry evolution, allows to formalize its dynamics. Diversity appears as the essential engine of the adaptation, implying various strategies of alliances in term of...