This paper applies the methodological tools typical of social network analysis (SNA) within an evolutionary framework, to investigate the knowledge-base (KB) dynamics of the biotechnology sector. Knowledge is here considered a collective good represented as a co-relational and a...

The objective of this article1 is to contribute to the debate on the effectiveness of Technoparks (TP) in developing and emerging economies using the example of Tunisia. This article is based on a thorough desk review and informal interviews with TP entrepreneurs and managers in Tunisia. Setting...

Ce travail propose, pour la première fois, une typologie d’activités productives basée sur leurs caractéristiques logistiques. Il s’appuie sur les résultats d’une enquête nationale sur les pratiques logistiques et de transport des établissements de l’industrie et du commerce de...

This article adds to the growing empirical evidence on the importance of habits in governing human behavior, and sheds new light on individual inertia in relation to transportation behavior. An enriched perspective rooted in Veblenian evolutionary economics (VEE) is used to construct a...

Les transformations des systèmes urbain et productif conduisent à une relocalisation des activités logistiques depuis une quarantaine d'années. Dans les pays développés, la dynamique territoriale la plus marquante est celle de la métropolisation logistique, caractérisée par un double...

This research analyses the structure of material flows between urban centres. It is based on the results of a French survey that describes shipments sent by firms accross the country. Its aim is to shed light on the organization of urban systems. While most of works on urban systems are focused...

In this contribution, we investigate the effects of observation-only and observation with feedback from a third-party, in a one-shot dictator game (DG). In addition to a baseline condition (DG), a third-party anonymous subject is introduced who either silently observes or observes and gives...

Our analysis explores how a key managerial competence, the supplier relations dynamic capability, was progressively developed and implemented by Renault over a quarter of a century. As our historical approach will demonstrate, this construction process followed three main periods, each of which...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to exhibit the impacts of lease duration and lease break options on the optimal holding period for a real estate asset or portfolio Methodology / approach We use a Monte Carlo simulation framework to simulate a real estate assets cash-flows in which lease...

Les déménagements font partie de la vie des entreprises mais n'en représentent pas moins une décision stratégique aux conséquences incertaines, notamment au niveau de la gestion des ressources humaines. Si la mobilité individuelle et négociée a fait l'objet de nombreuses recherches, ce...