Si les sciences de gestion sont plus « jeunes » que d’autres, le management des entreprises a pour autant une histoire déjà riche, dont l’étude éclaire singulièrement les mécanismes et pratiques aujourd’hui à l’œuvre. Découvrez au fil des deux derniers siècles l’évolution...

Management research and history have begun a fruitful dialogue. Management research may now follow history in a methodological and epistemological path in order to reconcile theory and action through a pragmatic approach. Two actual and recent researches will help to understand it.

Theoretical explanations of the decision to outsource typically range from functionalism (search for efficiency) to institutionalism (search for legitimacy). Up to date, most empirical studies on the subject have been carried out relying on secondary data sources and are generally inspired by...