This article stresses the importance of competencies, specifically relational competencies, in the innovation process. Innovation output is not only produced by R&D but also often supported by networks and interfirm relations that differ according to the size of the firm. We perform an empirical...

[eng] Based on an organisational knowledge creation model, we propose a new lecture of schumpeterian conjecture. Taxonomy of the variety of innovative behaviours of SME is elabored by considering knowledge for innovate. [fre] En nous fondant sur un modèle de création de connaissance...

[eng] Amid the current proliferation of socio-technical controversies, the judgment of experts and its representativeness have become core issues. Our article seeks to analyze the behavior of French experts in order to test the neutrality of their technological choices. To address this question,...

This paper is devoted to an evaluation of the reliability and legitimacy of scientific assessment in a technological policy context. Thanks to a foresight inquiry gathering more than 58000 opinions of French experts about technological priorities for the future, we examine whether technological...