We use longitudinal, qualitative data from a cement plant to develop a model of Organizational Attention Elasticity (OAE). The model shows how coherent attention to emerging threats varies horizontally across different teams and vertically across different levels in the hierarchy. The data...

Cet article a pour but de contribuer à une définition des contours du concept de "gestion par les compétences". De notre point de vue, ce concept relèverait des mêmes principes que la compétence organisationnelle à savoir les principes "systémique, de finalité, de spécificité, de...

Ce travail s'inscrit dans une problématique de conception et d'implémentation d'innovations technologiques selon une démarche orientée usage. Il vise à proposer un cadre conceptuel pour construire des scénarios d'usage. Ce cadre conceptuel présente la particularité peu usuelle de coupler...

Uncertainty about the level of demand is thought to influence irreversible capacity decisions. This paper examines some implications of the theory literature on this topic in an empirical study of the US cement industry between 1994 and 2006. Firms in this sector have the ability to deliver...

Online recruitment describes hiring workers who were initially selected via the Internet. The practice is now widespread, with a majority of US jobseekers undertaking some online job search activity. The online intermediaries that allow employers and employees to connect with each other, leading...

Ninety percent of FDI between developed countries takes the form of a merger/acquisition rather then greenfield investment, and as shown by Guadalupe, Thomas and Kuzmina (forthcoming), multinationals tend to buy the most productive firms within countries. Two thirds of the MNC productivity...

This paper empirically characterizes the matching between firms in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A). The analysis is guided by a theoretical framework constructed following the premises of the new trade theory. It assumes that firms are heterogeneous, within the industry...