Amongst the plethora of methods that have been developed over the years to involve users, suppliers, buyers or other stakeholders in the design of new objects, co-design has been advertised as a way to generate innovation in a more efficient and more inclusive manner. Yet, empirical evidence...

Creativity does not result from the talents of a few individuals, but, on the contrary, nourishes itself from the repeated exchanges among a variety of heterogeneous entities that all contribute in their own way to foster the development of new ideas. As a result, the creative activity must be...

This work studies the seniority and the hierarchical level of product champions. The hierarchical level is positively correlated to the size of investment of the innovation projects and the level of seniority is positively associated to the most innovative projects. The seniority of champions...

Information systems (IS) research has examined a broad range of factors influencing the effective adoption of information technology (IT). However, so far, much remains to be done with respect to the exact role played by socio-emotional processes and their influence on IT adoption in the...

La nutrition suscite un intérêt croissant chez les industriels de l'agroalimentaire. Chaque année, on assiste ainsi à des lancements de plus en plus nombreux de nouveaux produits présentant des bénéfices nutritionnels. Cependant, il est utile de rappeler que la nutrition n'est pas un...

The decision, in July 2005, of French government to create « poles de compétitivité », can be understood like through an old and fertile research tradition, initiate by works of A. Marshall. This tradition has developed and enriched by notions of « industrial district » or « clusters »....

Les Rencontres de Cargèse ne sont pas une école d’été comme les autres. Des responsables R&D et Innovation travaillent, pendant quatre jours, avec des chercheurs en pointe sur les questions d'économie, de sociologie et de management de la R&D et de l'innovation. Les Rencontres de Cargèse...