This theoretical article based on economy and management is trying to underline the limits of the GDP as well as the limits of the gross national happiness. Our contribution is to look after a different way to look at the creation of the relations (in a positive or a negative way) in the process...

This theoretical paper is based on previous articles written by the author. Indeed, we believe that the organizations must be analyzed beyond the classic opposition between mechanistic and organic organizations (Burn and Stakler, 1961 Wine et al., 2006). The organizations in the health sector...

There is in France and more generally in Europe a paradox. In the agro industry business, the use of biotechnology is suspicious and controversy (see for example the emblematic case of GMOs), the subject is little debate in the health sector. Yet, in those two sectors, the production process of...

A network is an organizational form for collective action whose main fea-tures rest on the variety and intensity of relations between actors. We rely on the work of Austrian sociologist Friedberg, for an integrated analysis of organization studies. Studying a healthcare network located in...

How to value a new venture is critical in entrepreneurial financing. This article develops an integrated theoretical framework to examine whether venture capitalists' valuation of a new venture can be explained by factors identified in the strategy theories as important to firm performance....

Purpose: Research on organizational innovation remains relatively scarce, particularly with respect to social structures and processes. In contrast to product innovation, organizational innovation relies more on informal processes and relationships among members of the organization than on...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to work on the relational innovation. Innovation is a key factor in understanding organizations. Emerged as a growth paradigm, it is a good indicator of their priorities. Considered in a more pragmatic way, it has been noticed that other forms of innovation...