This paper relates to the experimental draft of the model of collaborative management of ICT practices for use in SME, developed as part of a project of the Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor. This model aims to propose to SME an optimized management of their respective information system in...

This paper relates to an R&D project – called NOEMI – aiming to propose to SME’s a collaborative management of their respective information systems in terms of quality, reliability and cost. The targeted SME are those without IT dedicated internal staff. The model developed in the project...

Wie wird in KMU, die eine Reform ihrer betrieblichen Partizipationsstrukturen als Antwort auf die wirtschaftliche Strukturkrise planen, waehrend einer Akutkrise mit Blick auf diese Reform und auf die betriebliche Partizipation reagiert? Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht diese Frage anhand von...

The goal of the paper is to present a new way for scheduling the processes within and not limited to manufacturing companies. The aim of the paper is to offer the management of SMEs a revolutionary way for increasing the company’s productivity using a better planning and usage of the available...

Innovation has long been considered an important factor for creating and maintaining the competitiveness of nations and firms. Common knowledge stands that innovation is the cause of the increase of exports. However, contradicting empirical evidences are reported in the literature on the...

Many studies have looked at the effectiveness of public schemes supporting private R&D but few have highlighted the role regions play in R&D funding. The present article assesses the R&D support package developed in the Aquitaine, France’s number one region in terms of proportion of budget...

This book integrates three analytical approaches: (i) local and regional innovation systems, (ii) technological spillovers from transnational corporations, and (iii) the processes of technological learning and accumulation of technological capabilities, and creating of absorptive capacities. The...