The inductive approach advocated by the Grounded Theory is applied to e-learning training methods as they appear in the experience gained. According to companies the adoption decision is largely dependent on coherence between the technological environment, the quality of the information system...

The place of wife in the little familial business. A study from the report of failure (18th-20th century) This article tries to put forward the place of wife in the French little familial business from the 18th to the 20th century. We have worked in 307 files of failure from the departmental...

Paris, 17 Octobre 2008. A l’initiative de La Fondation Nationale pour l’Enseignement de la Gestion des Entreprises (FNEGE), les premiers Etats Généraux du Management ont réuni ce jour au Sénat 400 spécialistes pour débattre des problèmes de société dans le contexte de la crise...

This article looks at the Enron affair in terms of what investors and experts fail to take into account to being able to predict Enron collapse. The authors show how analysts could have predicted Enron's difficulties in view of the incoherence observed in its strategic decisions, from the...

The implementation of management control devices in the public sector is a very difficult challenge, especially if these devices come from private sector. Through two case studies, this paper analyses how two public organizations have implemented management control systems. We point out that...

Usual models for IS conception and configuration are today quite challenged by the new ways of business departments or even end users to subscribe directly online IT services. These evolutions in usages and in practices strongly question the roles and the position of the IT departments. The aim...

Au travers d'une étude menée avec des membres de projets de construction de centres commerciaux de la région Ile-de-France d'Immochan, filiale immobilière du groupe Auchan, ce travail propose une nouvelle approche du concept de sens utilisable pour les sciences de gestion. Après avoir...