Le partenariat vertical dans l'industrie aéronautique : vers une configuration de contrôle adaptée aux évolutions de l'environnement

This research aims at studying the adaptation of an inter-organisational control configuration (in terms of strategy, structure and control) to the evolutions of the environment. The empirical research is based on a case study of a civil aerospace engine maker called Aeromotor. This motorist has remodelled its buyer-supplier relationships management after a complete repositioning of its business model towards service activities. This repositioning was imposed by strong evolutions of the environment of the aerospace industry. Results show that Aeromotor developed a partenarial control configuration: a partenarial strategy with fewer suppliers, a purchasing structure that is local and global with buyer executives that coordinate the whole relationship and a supplier control that allies bureaucratic and relational devices.