The paper presents an organizational analysis of so-called 'atypical work contracts', the purpose being to gain better understanding of their variety and to provide useful indications for their assessment, considering not only the legal alternatives but also the organization of work. Exploratory...

This paper builds on a long-lasting research program on the micro-foundations of innovative decision making, founded on a development of a neglected epistemic aspect of Simon's work, and on contributions in epistemology, in which heuristics are not procedures that are uncertaintyavoiding,...

pt. 1. Micro foundations : from bounded to epistemic rationality -- pt. 2. Contracts and the firm beyond transactions : the governance of knowledge and association -- pt. 3. Organization design beyond comparative assessment : the discovery of forms, and forms for discovery.