Quinze réflexions pour une meilleure action managériale.

By 2004, the French government initiated a cluster policy called « Pôles de compétitivité ». These poles aim at improving the industrial competitiveness thanks to innovation and cooperation between local actors (Research – Industry –Education). Actors still have to think though the...

La place des middle managers dans la démarche stratégique a souvent été soulignée par la littérature stratégique (Bower, 1970 ; Burgelman 1983 ; Mintzberg 1994, Laroche 1999). Cependant, rares sont les études ayant tenté d’approfondir les caractéristiques et les déterminants de leur...

La place des middle managers dans la démarche stratégique a souvent été soulignée par la littérature stratégique (Bower, 1970 ; Burgelman 1983 ; Mintzberg 1994, Laroche 1999). Cependant, rares sont les études ayant tenté d’approfondir les caractéristiques et les déterminants de leur...

This paper provides a case study of the effect of labor relations on product quality. We consider whether a long, contentious strike and the hiring of replacement workers at Bridgestone/Firestone’s Decatur plant in the mid-1990s contributed to the production of defective tires. Using several...

In practice, two types of tournaments can be distinguished - U-type and J-type tournaments. In U-type tournaments, workers receive prizes that have been fixed in advance. In J-type tournaments, the employer fixes an aggregate wage bill in advance, which is then shared among the workers according...

The probability that an unskilled worker can be successfully trained and or screened to be a manager depends on the effort of the firm. With positive hiring costs, a firm prefers to train/screen its own managers. However the optimal size of the firm for productive efficiency may conflict with...