This essay mainly concerns the foundation of a method of inquiry appropriate to the study of social reality. It starts from a criticism of Boudon-Weber's cognitivist method, the lacks of which seem particularly qualified for underlining the methodologic difficulties afflicting social thought....

The systems presented by the world managerial theory and practice display the concern for finding solutions adapted to the permanent changes taking place in the external environment or inside the economic organizations. In the following, we will focus on the concept of enterprise governance,...

This work extends the AHP-Bayesian Prioritization procedure proposed by the authors for a local context (a single criterion) to a global context (a hierarchy) and presents a taxonomy of criteria that contribute to the ranking of the alternatives. In this global context, the paper defines and...

Numerous studies have examined cognitive and affective approaches to decision-making participation, but no study has attempted to integrate the two approaches. This is the first empirical study to apply the two approaches to financial participation. To integrate the two approaches, this study...

(VF)Comment peut-on caractériser le système de gouvernance typique d'un couvent dominicain ? Quels sont ses mécanismes et ses modes de fonctionnement ? Comment la gouvernance spécifique des dominicains influence-t-elle la prise de décision concernant les différentes activités du couvent ?...

The author carries out an interesting and uncommon analysis of economic transition and change in terms of human consciousness, perception, knowledge, learning, interpretation and response. He highlights the role of institutions in transition and argues that the real driving force, which is...

The author carries out an interesting and uncommon analysis of economic transition and change in terms of human consciousness, perception, knowledge, learning, interpretation and response. He highlights the role of institutions in transition and argues that the real driving force, which is...