Project-based working is so widespread today that Luc Boltanski and Eve Chiapello (1999) go so far as to regard the project-based 'mode of justification' as a component part of the new ideology of modern capitalism. This particular set of principles is applied in the legal, educational,...

L'activité projet incarne dans une certaine littérature managériale le mythe de l'action heureuse. Investissez vous au travail ! Epanouissez vous en projet ! Mais le projet n'est-il pas aussi destructeur de sens, porteur de pathologies et de déstabilisations ? En entreprise, les projets sont...

One of the major challenges confronted by those in charge of technological innovation involves anticipating the value creation model sufficiently early on,in a highly uncertain context both as far as the technology itself is concerned and the potential market. Today, in many industrial sectors,...

One of the major challenges confronted by those in charge of technological innovation involves anticipating the value creation model sufficiently early on,in a highly uncertain context both as far as the technology itself is concerned and the potential market. Today, in many industrial sectors,...

Pour concilier deux courants antagonistes de transformation des entreprises -spécialisation et concentration à l'échelle mondiale, et rénovation des processus de conception mettant l'accent sur l'importance d'une coopération étroite des différents spécialistes- de nouvelles pratiques de...

L'activité projet incarne dans une certaine littérature managériale participe au mythe de l'action heureuse. Investissez-vous au travail ! Epanouissez-vous en projet ! Mais le projet n'est-il pas aussi destructeur de sens, porteur de pathologies et de déstabilisations ? En entreprise, les...

Front-loading ” problem-solving is one of the major strategies to reduce development costs and development lead time. In co-development situations, the implementation of such methodologies rises specific questions, due to the difficult partition in responsabilities and skills between the car...

“ Front-loading ” problem-solving (Thomke et Fujimoto, 2000) is one of the major strategies to reduce development costs and development lead time (Midler, 1995, p 369). In co-development situations, the implementation of such methodologies rises specific questions, due to the difficult...

The innovation imperative has never been more critical. The last decade has seen a spectacular growth of innovation-based competition. Why and how do intensive innovation strategies emerge and develop in various sectors ? Who are the key economic players in this ongoing transition ? How do they...

Although the concept of exploration has been widely used in management research since James March's seminal article, the literature on exploration remains rather fuzzy. The question of exploration is dominated by the literature on ambidexterity but this research actually says little about...