Actionable knowledge is linked with its user: the practitioner. But this link does not mean that its content should only be a set of techniques. In relation with management science and management education, should it then be enough (or not) to formalize and to teach these techniques? This...

Dans certaines formes classiques de recherche en sciences sociales, les chercheurs essaient de généraliser d’un échantillon représentatif à une population plus large. Ce processus perd de son utilité si l’on étudie une innovation managériale à son tout début. Nous devons alors...

Information technologies penetrate virtually every division in contemporary organizations. Organizations deploy a spectrum of information technologies with aim of alleviating operating efficiency. Knowledge workers increasingly depend on deployed information systems to accomplish their tasks....

Adoption of cloud-based systems has been relatively modest—regardless of significant marketing push by major public cloud providers. The cloud-based model utilizes distributed information technology services accessible over networks. The networks can be internal part of...

Cloud computing adoption by organizations has been minor despite the initial optimism. The primary concerns obstructing adoption of cloud-based services are security, loss of control, and inadequate legislative. In a cloud-based model, information technology services are distributed and accessed...

Academia has a critical role in developing new knowledge which construction industry practitioners need to envision, undertake and sustain successful innovation. The new knowledge produced by academia, however, often does not satisfy the needs of practitioners. This unsatisfactory state of...