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On the existence and sustainability of organizational alternatives to the dominant PSF model: crisis and change in a democratic consulting firm
Gand, Sébastien; Noury, Lucie; Sardas, Jean-Claude - HAL - 2013
In this paper, we contribute to the study of the heterogeneity of professional service firms through an extreme case, by investigating the conditions of the existence and sustainability of democratic forms of organizing in a professional setting. To do so, we studied DemEx, a long-standing mid...
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So little time and so much to change: a structurationist case study on the limitations of rationalization.
Peigné, Paul - HAL - 2012
In all the theories pertaining to organizations, the concept of time, also termed temporality, is often approached as a simple implicit framework of action. The notion of movement or change can only therefore be appreciated by its variation and rarely as an intrinsic dimension able to influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898642
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Routines during an organizational change: a study on dynamics and its effects
Peigné, Paul - HAL - 2013
In their quest for deeper insight into organizations, for some years now a great deal of researchers have focused on the concept of routines. Routines enable researchers to make out some of the dynamics which govern the organization, by fostering stability or , on the contrary, favoring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898790
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The odyssey of "alternative firms": new organizational propositions from a case-study
Béjean, Mathias; Gand, Sébastien - HAL - 2010
Lately, "conventional" firms have been roughly criticized for both the legitimacy of shareholder value and the production of negative externalities that affect society. In the crisis context, "alternative" firms are often presented as candidates to design renewed organizations. However, there is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899194
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The Diversity of Capitalism and Heterogeneity of Firms - A Case Study of Japan during the Lost Decade
Lechevalier, Sébastien - HAL - 2007
Most institutional theories of the diversity of capitalism (at least implicitly) assume the existence of a representative firm in each type of capitalism. Based on a case study of Japan during the Lost Decade (1992-2005), this paper aims at showing that this assumption introduces severe...
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Corporate culture and satisfaction at work
Robert, Jocelyne; Asfarova, Aigul - HAL - 2012
This study present in the first part different statistics about employment and satisfaction at work in Belgium : working conditions, relationship with colleagues, quality of management and implication as well as everyday life within the organisation. Dissatisfaction factors as well as stress,...
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Responsabilité sociale en entreprise et leadership: quelques questions
Robert, Jocelyne - HAL - 2011
The question is the links between leadership and corporate social responsibility. Can some types of leadership improve some type of social responsibility? Are moral leadership and ethical leadership one solution? Today, in the international economic context, it is important to think about the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550435
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Innovation and Leapfrogging in the Chinese Automobile Industry: Examples from Geely, BYD and Shifeng
Wang, Hua; Kimble, Chris - HAL - 2013
History provides numerous examples of incumbent market leaders being leapfrogged by newcomers that have exploited the opportunities offered by new technologies. In light of the growing number of ecological threats linked to the use of the internal combustion engine, can Chinese auto...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820814
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BASIC effect on global climate governance. Power changes and regime shifts
Berthaud, Pierre; Voituriez, Tancrède - HAL - 2013
the BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) in this indeterminacy. Mobilising the analytical tools of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820964
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China Apparel in Textiles World Values Chains
Ruffier, Jean - HAL - 2012
This paper analyses the expansion of China's clothing industry in world textile value chains. Using data from … interviews and observations throughout factory visits in China and other countries we show how private Guangdong entrepreneurs … started China's clothing manufacturing. Lacking experience in consumer markets and designing, original equipment manufacturing …
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