Le spectre de la désindustrialisation et des délocalisations alimente les débats et les fantasmes en France actuellement. Plutôt qu'une nouvelle étude générale sur un phénomène complexe et multiforme, nous avons proposé, en accord avec nos interlocuteurs de Charbonnages de France et de...

Sous la poussée de la mondialisation, les restructurations industrielles ont évolué vers des formes de mutations plus continues des entreprises. Parallèlement les formes d'action de l'Etat ont changé : dans les restructurations " à l'ancienne ", l'Etat, souvent actionnaire, intervenait de...

Various social science disciplines are currently witnessing a revival of theoretical approaches based on management instruments. The common feature of these approaches is that they consider management instruments as a starting point to study organized, strategic action. This article introduces a...

Although the concept of exploration has been widely used in management research since James March's seminal article, the literature on exploration remains rather fuzzy. The question of exploration is dominated by the literature on ambidexterity but this research actually says little about...

Research has improved our understanding of the managerial challenges inherent in exploratory intermediation. For instance knowledge brokers help to solve well-defined problems based on existing competences. But what if the relevant actor networks are not known, if there is no clear common...

In this paper we analyse teaching at Bauhaus (1919-1933), through the courses of Itten and Klee. We show that these courses not only aimed at teaching the styles. They aimed at increasing students creative design capacities and at providing them techniques to create their own style, in the sense...

In this paper we propose to revisit two emblematic projects, Manhattan and Polaris, with the models developed by design theory. In particular we demonstrate, relying on recent advances in design theory, how these major projects, traditionally presented as radical innovations, are in fact quite...

Les Bureaux d'Etudes sont l'objet de critiques pour leur faible capacité à innover et gérer le renouvellement des objets qu'ils conçoivent et des compétences associées. Pourtant l'examen de la genèse au XIXème siècle des premiers Bureaux d'Etudes fait apparaître des capacités de...

The main objective of this study attempts to contribute to a growing body of research in the understanding of innovation and technological development. When addressing radical changes in technology and innovation, ideas derived from expectations and promises have become key issues in...

This work deals with strategies of risk management techniques in projects and portfolios in the situation of radical innovation. Existing literature suggests different methods of risk management at the level of 1) projects (S1) (unknown reduction by selecting a priori the less uncertain...