Favoured by genetic engineering breakthroughs, a new type of firm has emerged in the pharmaceutical industry. New Biotechnology Firms (NBFs) are ‘bridging institutions', accelerating the commercialisation of science from academia to the pharmaceutical market and facilitating technological...

Knowledge transfer between science and technology has been studied at micro- and macro-levels of analysis. This has contributed to the understanding of the mechanisms and drivers, but actual transfer mechanism and process, be they through codified or tacit sources, have very rarely been mapped...

Rapport présentant l'organisation du travail et la GRH dans les centres d'appel français à partir d'une recherche quantitative portant sur 204 centres réalisée en 2004.

L'objectif de ce travail de recherche était de mettre en lumière les conditions de mise en œuvre et les bénéfices attendus de quatre pôles de compétitivité de la région PACA (Solutions communicantes sécurisées ; Mer, sécurité et sûreté, Développement durable ; Fruits et légumes...

Synthèse du "French Call Centre Industry Report 2004"

The aim of this paper is twofold: firstly to highlight how the current “hybridisation” of the academic and industrial rationales exerts its influence over the new production of young scientists; secondly to compare, between five OECD countries (USA, France, Great Britain, Japan and Germany),...