Partnership, vassalage, market, and lordship: 4 buyer-supplier configurationsThis article presents the results of a study on buyer-supplier control in the manufacturing industry based on six case studies. Four control configurations are proposed according to the purchasing environment of buyers....

Cette communication illustre les rapports entre simplification et complexification dans le choix de normes pour le contrôle, en se fondant sur les cas des musées et du RMI. Elle conclut, paradoxalement, que plus des organisations sont complexes, plus leur système de contrôle est simple.

L'étude de l'évolution du contrôle de gestion dans une multinationale suggère au moins trois interprétations de la relation entre structure d'entreprise et contrôle. Nous suggérons ici que seule une approche plurielle, articulant ces causalités complémentaires et contradictoires, est...

(VF)Ce travail de recherche traite de la réduction des organisations réputées complexes à des représentations simples. Il est fondé sur le cas de deux types d’organisations différentes:les musées français et le dispositif RMI. La thèse défendue est la suivante:dans toute...

The Internet-driven electronic marketplace (IEMP) has been presented as a way to enhance collaboration between buyers and suppliers while generating significant advantages for both parties. Nevertheless, the introduction of Online Reverse Auctions (ORA) in the negotiation process has been...

The article determines which conflict resolution mechanisms are constructive and which are destructive, through analysing contractual agreements in European biotechnology enterprises. In the article, the term mechanism is used to refer to tools or the way in which conflicts are resolved....

Brands, frequently being perceived as quality signals, reach today their limits on the market. Then to be differentiated and to reinforce their position, many companies launched out in brand alliances defined as the combination of two brands in a same product or a service. The previous studies...