Babak Mehmanpazir

Ecole de Management Strasbourg | EM Strasbourg · School of Business

Contrairement aux idées reçues, la méditation pleine conscience (MPC) pour les dirigeants et managers ne les conduit ni à se relaxer, ni à se centrer égoïstement sur eux. Elle ouvre au contraire leur attention à leurs collaborateurs, leur fait prendre conscience des enjeux climatiques et prendre des décisions pour contribuer au bien commun. Ce sont...

The conception of entrepreneurship as an esssential feature in the selection and competence creation process can be considered a reliable new research avenue. However and though often presented as a key-factor in decision-taking, such a conception lacks a well established theoretical framework. In addition, the transition from an individual entrepr...

The aim of the article is to explore different aspects concerning the distinction between the expert and the consultant. We analyse theoretically and empirically these distinctions in the framework of the knowledge-based economy in order to introduce the central concepts of epistemic community and community of practice. The question is to know to w...

Les travaux récents sur l'entreprise comme « processeur de connaissances » [cf. P. Cohendet et al., 1999] montrent que dans un contexte de changement, le comportement de celle-ci dépend fortement de sa capacité à générer et exploiter de multiples connaissances sur lesquelles les compétences de l’entreprise sont fondées. Cette approche soulève plusi...

It is argued in this article that the main problem for the modern, globalized firm is not one primarily of the unequal distribution of information, but rather of the difficulty of mobilizing and integrating fragmented forms of localized knowledge. In such a context, the role of new means of telecommunication and cooperative working is investigated....

Diffusion is modeled as a repeated coordination game between a large number of locally interacting heterogeneous agents. Agents are represented with stochastic learning algorithms that generate robust path-dependent patterns of behavior. Formal analyses of such locally interacting systems encounter many technical difficulties, hence the authors run...