Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show why the establishment of “learning organisations” must be a central element of knowledge management – especially in firms operating on markets where product innovation is an important parameter of competition. Design/methodology/approach –...

This paper studies critical realism in political economy. The focal points are two important tensions in critical realism. The first tension relates generally to the status and importance of philosophy and the scope of critical realism. The second tension relates specifically to critical realism...

In this article we quantify the bullwhip effect (the variance amplification in replenishment orders) when demands and lead times are predicted in a simple two-stage supply chain with one supplier and one retailer. In recent research the impact of stochastic order lead time on the bullwhip effect...

[fre] Cet article développe le concept d'économie de la connaissance. Il défend l'idée que la phase actuelle de la concurrence capitaliste caractérisée par une accélération du changement place les individus et les firmes devant un besoin d'acquisition de nouvelles compétences ainsi...