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...

There are many calls for further investigation of the underlying processes, practices and specificities of governance when economic exchanges are organized within networks. Through an examination of what governance involves and how it occurs in two clusters specialized in digital and video game...

Cet article présente des éléments de repérage du développement des coopérations interentreprises. Nous examinons plus particulièrement comment la notion de performance peut être déclinée et présentons une distinction de la performance selon 4 familles de réseaux d'entreprise.

What is the role of co-evolution in a population of firms’adaptation to a hostile environment? To answer this question, the network sociology is revisited starting from the Kauffman’s biological computer model. A qualitative methodology is used, updating the mechanisms of exploitation and...

Despite the discourses on SMEs benefits for implementing CSR strategy, despite the growing number of CSR related tools addressing this issue, SMEs are poorly involved in CSR strategic approach. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the drivers and the blocks of CSR integration into SMEs...