Nanotechnologies are often presented as breakthrough innovations, where technology transfer and knowledge-bridging will play a pivotal role in the industrial dynamics. This article investigates the model of knowledge transfer in the nanotechnologies in depth, by comparing it with the models of...

Franke & Piller (2003) stress the success of mass customization (MC) depends upon optimal toolkit design and underscore the importance of the MC co-design experience. However, what do we know about the value of this experience? How do we increase its value? How do we optimize toolkit design?...

This paper assesses the contribution of laboratory experiments to the economics of design applied to the electricity industry. The analysis is dedicated to wholesale markets, and reviews the results accumulated to date concerning both the general architecture of power markets and the very...

La compétence renvoie à un " savoir agir reconnu " dans la mesure où elle témoigne de la capacité d'un individu à accomplir certaines tâches (LE BOTERF). La compétence se distingue ainsi de l'action et du résultat de l'action. CHOMSKY oppose la compétence et la performance : la...

Au travers d'une enquête, les auteurs montrent que le regard que les managers portent sur le contrôle de gestion (leur attitude envers ce processus) influence leur degré de participation à ce même processus. Ils montrent d'autre part que cette attitude est significativement plus favorable...

Les recherches consacrées à la relation inter-fonctionnalité - performance d'un nouveau produit font état de résultats contradictoires. Si le recensement des contingences théoriques affectant cette relation par Troy, Hirunyawipada et Paswan (2008) semble exhaustif, celui des facteurs...

Cet article apporte un éclairage sur la consommation alimentaire de produits locaux, qui serait privilégiée par 83% des français en 2010. Après avoir défini le concept, la perspective consommateur et les stratégies développées pour se positionner sur ce marché sont abordées autour de...

This paper seeks to contribute to the emerging stream of literature on the limits of accountability and the possibilities of accounterability by questioning whether and how accounterability can so alter accountability as to enrich or transfigure it. This paper considers three intrinsic limits of...

People normally know they should follow a few preventive health behaviors in order to have a better and long life: to not smoke, to have a balanced diet low in fat and rich in vegetables and fruits, to exercise regularly, to avoid heavy drinking, to take medical screens for dangerous diseases,...

This article contributes to a better understanding of the process of entrepreneurial finance from a behavioral perspective. We specifically examine the cognitive features and interaction of three key-actors in entrepreneurial finance: entrepreneurs, business angels and venture capitalists and...