The questioning of how public investments decisions are made leads to a two-level problematic. On the one hand, public decision makers have constrained resources that they have to use the best way they can. On the other hand, by choosing between alternative investments projects, decision makers...

Mary P. Follett (1868-1933) has been considered as a pioneer in management although her contributions have been eclipsed for a long time. She contributed to give some philosophical foundations to modern theories of management. Our research follows two objectives. It aims to highlight the nature...

Les recherches en sciences de gestion des dernières décennies ont fréquemment interrogé la notion de virtualité. L’essentiel des contributions a concerné les opportunités que les progrès technologiques liés à l’information et à la communication ont offertes aux entreprises....

Nous relevons de nombreux travaux en sciences de gestion s’appuyant sur les techniques de cartographie cognitive. Les contextes dans lesquels elles sont utilisées sont variés mais concernent beaucoup le processus de formation de la stratégie des firmes. Cette communication porte sur la...

Problem-structuring methods, often grouped together under "soft operational research" (Soft OR), are generally the result of research by practitioners for whom empirical and pragmatic considerations are fundamental. These methods have increased understanding of the stakes associated with the...

Managing modern organizations requires innovative measures to facilitate interaction. In this paper, we focus on interaction mechanisms, such as business meetings. We attempt to highlight the possible contributions of virtual worlds in terms of such organizational mechanisms. This original work...

Bernard Roy’s works have founded the european school of multicriteria decision aiding and, more broadly speaking, are a key contribution to the foundation of scientific decision aiding approaches. Aiding. they are based upon several major breakthroughs with regard to traditional operational...

It is now widely recognized that the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is due to the consumption of fossil fuels since the beginning of the 20th century. In this context, research on new energies and their development on a large scale is a priority. Hydrogen is a potential candidate...