Pierre Barbaroux

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Godé, C., Lebraty J-F. et Barbaroux, P. (2023), “D’un système d’information résilient à un système d’information antifragile : illustrations à partir des organisations militaires », Les Cahiers Risques et Résilience.

NATO members have been coping with low motivation and morale. Such environments typically have high turnover intentions and neglect behavior. However, safety behavior is paramount for military organizations and neglect behavior can have serious consequences. Social exchanges are often cited as the main reason for these phenomena. We therefore exami...

Based on a historical case study, this contribution develops a framework for studying the industrial dynamics of complex products and systems (CoPS). The case study focuses on the spacecraft industry from 1957 to 2011. It is suggested that the main drivers of the dynamics of this typical CoPS industry are changes in long-term demand behavior. The m...

The military capabilities resulting from innovation processes are basically shaped by current and future knowledge and practices which characterize a given socio-economic and geopolitical system. The dynamics of innovation in defense-related sectors have been profoundly altered in response to the growing complexity of military affairs and technolog...

In this article, we investigate the development of a business ecosystem by focusing on the knowledge processes associated with the various phases of its lifecycle. Specifically, we ask: What knowledge processes are involved in the birth, expansion, leadership, and renewal phases of a business ecosystem, and how are these processes linked together t...

Remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) are a major technological innovation for the Forces. This chapter explores the development of military applications of RPAS by considering that it is conditioned by the legitimacy they inspire. It suggests that the legitimacy of RPAS depends on the consistency of political decisions with technological advanc...

ABSTRACT. This chapter investigates the influence of introducing new generation aircraft on the training of Air Force pilots. New generation aircraft (Cirrus SR20 and Pilatus PC-21), equipped with novel capabilities (glass cockpit and embedded training), represent a technological disruption that is likely to affect the nature and diversity of pilot...

L’article interroge les changements induits par l’introduction d’aéronefs de nouvelles générations sur la formation des pilotes de l’armée de l’air. Ces nouveaux aéronefs (Cirrus SR20 et Pilatus PC-21), dotés de capacités nouvelles (glass-cockpits et simulation embarquée), représentent une rupture technologique susceptible d’affecter la nature et l...

A partir d’une étude de cas portant sur le déploiement d’une nouvelle unité au sein des forces aériennes canadiennes, cet article explore la gestion du changement organisationnel comme processus de légitimation. Les résultats de l’étude montrent, d’une part, que la gestion du changement repose sur quatre stratégies de légitimation : la mise à l’épr...

La série Smart innovation présente les thèmes liés à la dynamique technologique, entrepreneuriale, territoriale et économique de l'innovation. Elle privilégie les approches novatrices des acteurs qui, par leurs comportements, stratégies et politiques d'innovation intelligente, modifient les modèles économiques dans une perspective de croissance dur...

This book explores the relationships between knowledge management (KM) processes and innovation management. The geographical extension of markets and intensification of competition have led firms to experiment with novel approaches to innovation. New organizational forms emerged in which firms collaborate with various stakeholders to create, absorb...

This chapter discusses the knowledge processes supporting the interactive approaches to innovation, all of which consider that innovation results from the capability of organizations to mobilize and exploit knowledge distributed inside and outside their boundaries. It highlights four approaches such as open innovation, user innovation, community in...

The chapter offers elements for understanding the way in which the three fundamental knowledge processes implied in the development of innovation are articulated: generation, application and valorization of knowledge. The generation of new knowledge is a process that features the recombination and integration of knowledge distributed at the heart o...

The knowledge management processes frequently discussed in the specialized literature are the generation, the transfer and the use of knowledge. In a sense, knowledge management depends on organizational practices that consist of articulating knowledge processes with knowledge domains, and formalized and operational action models. The aim is to off...

Birth of business ecosystems : an articulation of intra and interorganizational skills The paper explores the mobilization of organizational competences by actors during the birth of a business ecosystem. The research question is : how do competences developed at the intra-firm level consolidate at the interorganizational level during the birth of...

Briefing-debriefing : A procedure for lifting the barriers to organizational learning ? This article investigates how teams and organizations manage to mitigate the impacts of unfavorable factors to organizational learning. Elaborating on organizational action learning theories, this contribution addresses the following question : how do briefing-d...

This article investigates the evolution of space industries from 2000 to 2013. Building on descriptive statistics regarding the volumes of spacecraft launched by major space Nations (United-States, Russia, Europe, China, Japan and India), it provides evidence that the asymmetry between government (e.g., space agencies and military organizations) an...

This article investigates how teams aim at harnessing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to coordinate under uncertainty. An explorative case study analyses the way NATO Special Forces use text-chat in Afghanistan. The findings suggest that team members combine basic material properties, knowledge processes and knowledge types to cop...

Le présent numéro thématique de la revue Innovations - Revue d’Economie et Management de l’Innovation propose d’étudier les processus et pratiques de gestion des connaissances aujourd’hui mobilisés par les organisations innovantes, en particulier lorsque l’innovation résulte de l’application des principes de l’interaction, de la collaboration et de...

The aim of the present thematic issue of Innovations - Journal of Innovation Economics and Management is to explore the nature and logics of knowledge management processes supporting the development of innovation, particularly when innovation is the outcome of inter- and intra-organizational interactions and collaboration. Several articles presente...

This article investigates the birth phase of a platform-ecosystem’s life cycle. Building on the case of a Near Field Communication platform-ecosystem, it explores how the development of architectural knowledge shapes the birth stage of the business ecosystem’s organizational form. The results of the case study provide evidence that the birth of a b...

This article presents a review of the literature that focuses on the role played by information asymmetry in the management of innovation. Results are organised in two categories. On the one hand, information asymmetry is considered as a major source of market failures because it affects the quality of innovative goods and services available on the...

Building on a historical case study, this article investigates the conditions for the information and communication technology (ICT) business ecosystem to emerge (Moore, 2006). The case focuses on the development of the first computerised communication network by the U.S. Advanced Research Project Agency: ARPANET. It is contended that the ICT ecosy...

À partir d’une étude de cas historique, cette contribution explore les conditions d’émergence du premier « écosystème d’affaires » : l’écosystème des technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC). Le cas concerne le projet de déploiement du premier réseau de communication et de partage de ressources numériques entre ordinateurs géograp...

The role of defense in the emergence of a new industry: The case of the space industry This article investigates the emergence of a new industry. Few studies have explored that critical phase of the industry life-cycle. It is however a very important phase since it conditions the next steps of the industry development. Building on a historical case...

This paper deals with the project of a merger between BAE systems and EADS, announced in September 2012 and finally cancelled one month later. It investigates the rationale of the merger project and the reasons that explain its collapse. Our first aim is to assess the importance - usually put forward in the literature - of the pre-merger phase in t...

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Purpose – This article aims to examine the nature and logics of organizational learning considered as a process by which organizations capitalize on the variety of experiences accumulated by their members. Design/methodology/approach – Complementing the current literature on experiential learning, the authors build on a case study to investigate h...

Purpose This article aims to identify the capabilities supporting the development of collaborative innovation within knowledge‐intensive environments. Design/methodology/approach Re‐considering the history of the ARPANET project as a vivid example of collaborative innovation, the article presents qualitative research from a historical case. Findi...

Cet article explore la contribution des processus de transfert des compétences en matière de gestion du changement technologique. A partir d’une étude de cas portant sur des équipages d’avions de transport tactique de l’armée de l’air, l’article démontre que le transfert des compétences offre à l’organisation des ressources utiles permettant de gér...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the principles supporting organizational change management. Design/methodology/approach The paper develops a qualitative study from a single case which focuses on how the military (NATO) transformed their functionally integrated organizational form to gain additional flexibility and responsivenes...

This article addresses the underlying capacities attached to collaborative approaches to innovation. Adopting a qualitative methodology from a historical case study, it examines how the first computerised Tactical Strike and Reconnaissance aircraft (TSR-2) had been developed in the early sixties by the British military industry. The study contribut...

This paper investigates how organizational learning provides the organization with effective means to develop capabilities. Building on the distinction between modes and contexts of learning, we introduce a model of organizational learning to study how knowledge is shaped and made explicit, how it is created and shared, and how it is disseminated w...

La fabrique des usages technologiques en environnement volatil par Cécile Godé-Sanchez et Pierre Barbaroux Résumé L'objet de cet article est d'explorer les mécanismes à l'oeuvre dans la fabrique des usages technologiques. La recherche repose sur une étude de cas longitudinale portant sur les usages du text-chat développés par les forces de l'OTAN e...

This article applies the concept of near decomposability to investigate organizational transformation. Building on a military case study (U.S. Army), the article shows how the principles of near-decomposability and modularity have been effectively implemented to manage the transformation of a vertically integrated organizational form toward a modul...

l'Armée de l'air (CReA) Responsable de l'équipe « Management des organisations de Défense » Chercheur associé à l'équipe RODIGE du GREDEG CNRS UMR 6227 Résumé : Cet article pose la question de l'identification des compétences dans des environnements de travail extrêmes. L'identification des compétences individuelles et collectives est une étape cap...

The emergence of cordination rules in an agent-based model: a contribution to the evolutionary approach to economic change This article aims to illustrate how artificial intelligence and cognitive sciences may complement economic approaches to learning and coordination. This article proposes a model of individual rationality which microeconomic ass...

In this article, we argue that the concept of innovation capability has not been fully explored. In this way, we address the following research question: what are the nature and logics of the capabilities required to develop innovations within knowledge-intensive sectors? To study the addressed question, we develop a single case study and analyse i...

Un nombre croissant d'organisations évolue au sein d'environnements complexes, marqués par une forte incertitude. Dans de telles conditions, le stratège peut éprouver certaines difficultés à anticiper les évolutions qui pourront affecter l'organisation et à agir afin d'en absorber les effets. Le stratège évoque une catégorie d'acteurs qui contribue...

Based on an analysis of 262 interviews, I argue that role expectations have the potential to both enable and constrain middle manager strategic agency. To explain why the same role expectations have contradictory effects on agency, I analyse enabling conditions corresponding to four strategic role expectations, based on Floyd and Wooldridge's work...

This chapter introduces a theoretical framework to study how Internet technologies provide organizations with additional capabilities to handle various forms of communication and decision-making complexities. In particular, we investigate how specific use-based combinations of Internet technologies emerge within operational contexts. Principal illu...

This paper focuses on the development of core capabilities through organizational learning. It insists on the variety of learning types which must be articulated in order to provide organizations with effective core capabilities. Principal illustrations are drawn from the U.S. military education and training initiatives in the context of the Networ...

This paper is concerned with adaptive learning and coordination processes. Implementing agent-based modeling techniques (Learning Classifier Systems, LCS), we focus on the twofold impact of cognitive and environmental complexity on learning and coordination. Within this framework, we introduce the notion of Adaptive Learning Agent with Rule-based M...

The aim of this paper is to study why we should have a closer look to Pittsburgh-style Classifier-Systems (Pitt-CS). This kind of classifier-systems were introduced by Smith during the early 80’s and was nearly forgotten during 20 years. We revisit those kind of classifiers adapting them. We choose as background of our study the ‘El Farol’ bar prob...

This paper builds on the theory of modularity to develop a theoretical framework for analyzing change within large organizations. This framework is illustrated by a case-study of the transformation of the U.S. Army. Building on the distinction between functional and informational decomposition, the paper analyzes two dimensions of the transformatio...

This article addresses the underlying capacities attached to open, collaborative and interactive approaches to innovation. Adopting a qualitative methodology from a historical case study, it examines how the first computerised Tactical Strike and Reconnaissance aircraft (TSR-2) had been developed in the early sixties by the British military industr...

This article aims at understanding how community-based organizational forms enable innovative organizations to cope with the de velopment of open innovations (OI). It begins with the investigation of a historical case study which focused on a radical innovation that occurred in the early IT industry: the ARPA ne twork project. The article goes on w...