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Rethinking Managerial Control in the Contemporary Context
Classical managerial control theories mostly focus on performance indicators, like the number of pieces produced. More recent theories focus on behavior control. All theories are specialized in controlling a specific unit of the firm, i.e., the employee, the team, or a subsystem. Therefore, agency theory-based control and system-based control have their limits. In this chapter,…
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Managing Innovation According to Space, Time and Matter
Managing innovation can be summed up by two famous phrases. The first is attributed to the scientist Archimedes: « Eureka, I have found it« . It applies to the individual, it is a cognitive and emotional phenomenon that leads him to feel a certain wonder and the pleasant sensation of having found a solution to the problem…
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From Open Design to Open Strategy : Managing the Evolution of Crowdsourcing-Based Business Models
Creative firms build their competitive advantage on their ability to harness crowds. Such firms, however, often find themselves facing stiff competition as they race against their competitors to attract the largest crowds. In order to obtain economies of scale, these creative firms need to find ways to develop new and innovative ideas, which they can…
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La connaissance : l’atome de la stratégie
Cet ouvrage a pour objectif de présenter de manière complète et didactique les principaux courants de recherche s’intéressant actuellement au management stratégique des entreprises. À la fois porte d’entrée et source de réflexions, chaque chapitre présente les fondements des différents courants, leurs préoccupations actuelles ainsi que les perspectives de recherche pour l’avenir. Au total, ce…
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Creation and Co-evolution of Strategic Options by Firms : An Entrepreneurial and Managerial Approach towards Flexibility and Resource Allocation
The success of a firm depends on its capability to create and exploit new projects, routines and technologies. Those projects are competitive opportunities that the firm must recognize, evaluate, and on which it has to be able to apply operating capabilities to take advantage of them. The general management responsible for the firm’s strategic direction…
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Genèse et évolution des communautés : le cas d’une PME de l’industrie du jeu vidéo
L’objet de l’ouvrage Les communautés en pratique, consiste à organiser les réflexions sur les communautés de connaissance autour de la figure du manager et de l’entrepreneur afin de mettre en exergue leurs apports de manière cohérente. La première partie de l’ouvrage se centre ainsi sur les communautés de pratique et sur les enjeux que ces…
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Division of labor and division of knowledge : A case study of innovation in the video game industry
In this work, we present an illustrative case study of the changing nature of governance structure in a small innovative firm. We show that the governance structure co-evolves with the division of knowledge and the division of labor. The presentation is organized as follows: first we define the distinction between division of knowledge and division…
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The Dynamics between Plural and Network-based Entrepreneurship in Small High-Tech Firms
In Economics, networks are increasingly used to describe the many links created between independent companies, as well as between them and other institutions (universities, banks, venture capital, etc.). In the current global and knowledge-based economy, they can be characterised as knowledge factories and knowledge boosters. They feed the internal processes of innovation (collaborative innovation) or…