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Wanda Orlikowski. Une pionnière entre théories sociales, théorie des organisations et systèmes d’information

Nous verrons comment Wanda Orlikowski, au lieu de se focaliser sur ces frontières, a réussi à mettre en évidence l’importance des TIC (Orlikowski et Iacono, 2001) et à les mettre au goût du jour dans la recherche en sciences de gestion. Elle est surtout parvenue à les intégrer dans une réflexion théorique profonde sur les changements organisationnels contemporains qui a largement dépassé la discipline des SI. La qualité de ses travaux a beaucoup contribué à légitimer un agenda de recherche interprétiviste et constructiviste (Walsham, 1995 ; Myers, 1997 ; Willcocks et Mingers, 2004), recherche qui a longtemps été considérée comme le parent pauvre en SI surtout aux États-Unis. Son développement intellectuel, inspiré de ses rencontres et explorations inter-disciplinaires, s’est déployé en s’inspirant non seulement des théories de l’organisation, mais aussi des disciplines de référence en sciences sociales et en sociologie des techniques. Elle a de ce fait permis à la discipline des SI de s’enrichir théoriquement et à ses chercheurs d’étendre leur influence dans l’étude des organisations (par exemple Leonardi et al., 2012 ; Carlile et al., 2013 ; De Vaujany et al., 2014 ; Mitev et al., 2017).

Means of Control

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You are being surveilled right now. This “startling exposé” (The Economist) reveals how the U.S. government allied with data brokers, tech companies, and advertisers to monitor us through the phones we carry and the devices in our home.“A revealing . . . startling . . . timely . . . fascinating, sometimes terrifying examination of the decline of privacy in the digital age.”—Kirkus ReviewsSHORTLISTED FOR THE SABEW BEST IN BUSINESS AWARD“That evening, I was given a glimpse inside a hidden world. . . . An entirely new kind of surveillance program—one designed to track everyone.”For the past five years—ever since a chance encounter at a dinner party—journalist Byron Tau has been piecing together a secret story: how the whole of the internet and every digital device in the world became a mechanism of intelligence, surveillance, and monitoring.Of course, our modern world is awash in surveillance. Most of us are dimly aware of this: Ever get the sense that an ad is “following” you around the internet? But the true potential of our phones, computers, homes, credit cards, and even the tires underneath our cars to reveal our habits and behavior would astonish most citizens. All of this surveillance has produced an extraordinary amount of valuable data about every one of us. That data is for sale—and the biggest customer is the U.S. government.In the years after 9/11, the U.S. government, working with scores of anonymous companies, many scattered across bland Northern Virginia suburbs, built a foreign and domestic surveillance apparatus of breathtaking scope—one that can peer into the lives of nearly everyone on the planet. This cottage industry of data brokers and government bureaucrats has one directive—“get everything you can”—and the result is a surreal world in which defense contractors have marketing subsidiaries and marketing companies have defense contractor subsidiaries. And the public knows virtually nothing about it.Sobering and revelatory, Means of Control is the defining story of our dangerous grand bargain—ubiquitous cheap technology, but at what price?

Quantum Macroeconomics

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Quantum Macroeconomics presents a new paradigm in macroeconomic analysis initiated by Bernard Schmitt. It explains the historical origin, the analytical contents, and the actual relevance of this new paradigm, with respect to current major economic issues at national and international level. These issues concern both advanced and emerging market economies, referring to inflation, unemployment, financial instability, and economic crises. In the first part of this volume, leading scholars explain the historical origin and analytical content of quantum macroeconomics. The second part explores its relevance with respect to the current major economic issues such as the sovereign debt crisis and European monetary union. The volume also features two previously unpublished papers by Bernard Schmitt. The main findings of this book concern the need to go beyond agents’ behaviour to understand the structural origin of a variety of macroeconomic problems, notably, inflation, unemployment, financial instability, and economic crises. The originality that pervades all contributions is plain, when one considers the lack of any structural explanation of national and international economic disorders in the literature within the mainstream approach to economics.This edited volume is of great interest to those who study macroeconomics, monetary economics and money and banking.

Legal Professions at the Crossroads

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The book collects research-driven chapters from different disciplines: anthropology, sociology, management, and law. It addresses the issues of legal and administrative professionals’ identity, ethics, and workplace enactment. Through an analysis of different groups of lawyers and paralegals, conducted by quantitative or qualitative methods, it draws conclusions on the general condition of these occupations and their role in the society. In particular, the volume covers the issues of criminal judges’ roles, the interplay of law and politics in judicial decisions, and the ways they are standardized. It also addresses the topics of professional logic in public administration, as well as charisma and identity work among lawyers, including LLM students from top world programs. Through an analysis of qualitative interviews, it describes the legal workplace, especially in terms of time commitments. It also disputes the problems of professional ethics in everyday legal work.

Machiavelli on Business

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Business Lessons from the Renaissance Master of Gaining and Maintaining PowerGenerally considered the father of modern political science—and political ethics in particular—Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was a Renaissance Italian writer, philosopher, humanist, historian, politician, and diplomat. After his career in politics had ended, Machiavelli wrote a short treatise that is often considered his masterpiece but was not published until five years after his death. The Prince contains adages regarding politics, in particular, providing advice for gaining and maintaining power. While Machiavelli was writing primarily about political power, his philosophies have been adopted by business leaders and titans of industry—presidents, CEOs, entrepreneurs, and innovators—ever since. Also including excerpts from The Art of War, Discourses on Livy, and Machiavelli’s other works, Machiavelli on Business explores such ideas as:Whether it’s better for a leader to be feared or lovedHow to best keep subordinates contentThe necessity of breaking promises at timesProjecting the right qualities and fostering appearancesTurning obstacles into opportunitiesTaking advantage of crisesAnd much more!

Stabilization and Structural Reform In the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic: First Stage

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On January 1, 1991, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic launched a comprehensive reform program designed to establish a market economy. This paper charts the progress of the reform program in the context of Czechoslovakia's prewar history as a major industrial power, its subsequent slow economic decline under Communism, and its recent integration into the world economy following the collapse of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance.

Hope and strength in the Western Balkans

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The Western Balkans have been a crossing point between Central Europe and the East for centuries.Devastated by tragic conflicts, nationalism and neglected investments, the Western Balkan countries are striving to find a new equilibrium. Citizens and institutions in the Balkans have repeatedly affirmed their ambition to become part of the European Union and have made significant efforts to turn this dream into reality.The European Investment Bank (EIB) has done a lot in this region over the past 20years. It has helped build pan-European transport corridors, supported direct foreign investment, helped redevelop urban areas, provided technical assistance and additional finance to enhance and develop social and economic infrastructure, and stimulated private sector growth to create jobs. Looking ahead, there is hope for a brighter and greener future for the Western Balkans.Matteo Rivellini is the Head of Division in charge of lending operations in Slovenia, Croatia and the Western Balkans at the EIB.This is the thirteenth essay in the Big Ideas series created by the European Investment Bank.The EIB has invited international thought leaders and experts to write about the most important issues of the day.These essays are a reminder that we need new thinking to protect the environment, promote equality and improve people's lives around the globe.

Sustainability and Social Responsibility of the Media and in the Media

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This book addresses several relevant questions that keep coming up as the media sector develops and changes. Although the field of media is multifaceted, it is still dominated by very large commercial interests. The multitude of platforms, devices, formats, and technologies spread across different market segments, are often controlled within the same value and supply chain, are diagonally integrated, and are tightly regulated by a set of changing and evolving community rules.Therefore, this book discusses a wide range of issues related to notions of media in various corporate, independent, and operational contexts of ethics, ownership, authorship, originality, trustworthiness, economic, social, and even environmental sustainability.In this context, the book considers the notion of sustainability and social responsibility in media contexts from a variety of new, unbiased, and diverse perspectives, making it valuable for researchers and practitioners.

India La Nueva Potencia Mundial

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En este libro se describe como la India ha sido desde tiempos muy antiguos que determinaron su futuro poder. Ademas se describen aspectos economicos y politicosque han ocurrido a lo largo de su larga historia.This book about India and its marvellous history forecasts its future as one of the most potent nations in the coming years. However, we also describe all the positive factors that could facilitate such a fate and the step necessary to avoid its failure. Here as well is mentioned the lastest or ends in geopolitics and military positions from different paises like NATO and BRICS groups.

Lavorare meno, lavorare diversamente o non lavorare affatto

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Nella società occidentale contemporanea il lavoro è oggetto di affermazioni contraddittorie. La sua scomparsa preoccupa, ma al tempo stesso è vista come un’utopia, tanto dalle élite politico-economiche quanto dall’opinione pubblica.Quel che è certo, ci spiega Serge Latouche, è che le tre promesse della modernità avanzata – lavorare meno guadagnando sempre di più grazie alla società dell’abbondanza, lavorare tutti in modo sempre più piacevole grazie alla civiltà del tempo libero e, in futuro, non lavorare più grazie alle nuove tecnologie – si rivelano del tutto mistificatorie se collocate all’interno della società odierna, poiché incompatibili per loro natura con il modello dell’economia capitalistica.La crisi sanitaria, il cambiamento climatico e la perdita di biodiversità, ma anche le nuove problematiche emerse con l’introduzione della pratica del telelavoro e l’incidenza sempre maggiore di una vera e propria dipendenza dall’attività lavorativa, sono tutti segnali di una crisi e hanno reso evidente la necessità di un cambio radicale di paradigma.La soluzione sta nella rottura con la logica capitalistica e nella rinuncia al mito della ricchezza e della produttività incontrollata. La risposta è la decrescita, l’unica che ci permetterebbe di realizzare le tre promesse tradite, comportando al tempo stesso una riduzione quantitativa e una trasformazione qualitativa del lavoro, in una prospettiva di abolizione del rapporto salariale.

Handbook of Income Distribution

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What new theories, evidence, explanations, and policies have shaped our studies of income distribution in the 21st century? Editors Tony Atkinson and Francois Bourguignon assemble the expertise of leading authorities in this survey of substantive issues. In two volumes they address subjects that were not covered in Volume 1 (2000), such as education, health and experimental economics; and subjects that were covered but where there have been substantial new developments, such as the historical study of income inequality and globalization. Some chapters discuss future growth areas, such as inheritance, the links between inequality and macro-economics and finance, and the distributional implications of climate change. They also update empirical advances and major changes in the policy environment. - The volumes define and organize key areas of income distribution studies - Contributors focus on identifying newly developing questions and opportunities for future research - The authoritative articles emphasize the ways that income mobility and inequality studies have recently gained greater political significance

Économie de la Chine

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La Chine n’est plus seulement l’empire du milliard, une vieille nation anesthésiée par un siècle de déclin, quarante ans d’anarchie puis trente ans de communisme révolutionnaire, un parent pauvre, porteur d’une vague menace démographique. Après un quart de siècle de croissance à marche forcée, la Chine est devenue un acteur important du commerce international, le premier pays d’accueil des investissements étrangers, le pôle le plus dynamique de l’économie mondiale. On ne lui promet plus un hypothétique réveil mais, avec un peu de présomption, dans un avenir prévisible, le rang de première puissance économique. Bruno Cabrillac dresse le tableau de l’économie de la Chine, entre croissance économique et augmentation des inégalités sociales, réformes libérales et maintien du Parti communiste.

Accounting, Accountability and Society

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This book addresses the growing interest among policymakers, practitioners and academics in the evolution and the future implications of social, environmental and sustainability accounting. To do so, it examines the conceptual and practical application of accountability at multiple levels and contexts, and presents a range of case studies focusing on salient issues, perspectives and the potential of multidimensional accounting and reporting regimes. Intended for a diverse audience, the book allows readers to gain a better understanding of the topics, encourages dialogue and debate, and stimulates innovation in scholarship, policy and practice.

Sam Silver's Decision

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Sam Silver, a second-year law student at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, was near the end of a second visit to Mason & Klump LLP, a Bay Street law firm. He was meeting Chuck Clayton, director of professional development at the firm. Silver was mentally exhausted from the interview process that had consumed much of his life for the past three months, during which he had been seeking a position as a summer student at Bay Street firms. He had narrowed his selection to two leading national firms, Andrews, Mantle & Smithers LLP and Mason & Klump. On November 1 and 2, Silver had had interviews at six Bay Street firms, including his top two choices. Although he believed his first choice, Andrews, Mantle & Smithers, would offer him a position on November 3, when formal offers would be made, he was not certain that the firm would do so. As the meeting drew to a close, Clayton left the room for a minute, giving Silver a short time to decide if he should ask any more questions and to begin to reflect on the interview process.

Die Kunst der Statistik

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Wie viele Bäume gibt es auf der Erde? Wer war der glücklichste Passagier auf der Titanic? Viele Fragen lassen sich mit Hilfe der Statistik beantworten. Und ein grundlegendes Verständnis für die Interpretation von Zahlen ist wichtiger denn je, wenn man Realität und Fiktion verlässlich voneinander unterscheiden will. David Spiegelhalter zeigt verständlich, wie man die Statistik zur Lösung von Problemen einsetzt und hilft den Lesern, wie ein Statistiker zu denken. Er bespricht an realen Beispielen die wesentlichen Prinzipien, um Wissen aus Daten zu gewinnen und die entsprechenden Antworten auch verantwortungsvoll interpretieren zu können.

The Cult of We

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WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • A FINANCIAL TIMES, FORTUNE, AND NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • “The riveting, definitive account of WeWork, one of the wildest business stories of our time.”—Matt Levine, Money Stuff columnist, Bloomberg Opinion The definitive story of the rise and fall of WeWork (also depicted in the upcoming Apple TV+ series WeCrashed, starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway), by the real-life journalists whose Wall Street Journal reporting rocked the company and exposed a financial system drunk on the elixir of Silicon Valley innovation. LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDWeWork would be worth $10 trillion, more than any other company in the world. It wasn’t just an office space provider. It was a tech company—an AI startup, even. Its WeGrow schools and WeLive residences would revolutionize education and housing. One day, mused founder Adam Neumann, a Middle East peace accord would be signed in a WeWork. The company might help colonize Mars. And Neumann would become the world’s first trillionaire. This was the vision of Neumann and his primary cheerleader, SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son. In hindsight, their ambition for the company, whose primary business was subletting desks in slickly designed offices, seems like madness. Why did so many intelligent people—from venture capitalists to Wall Street elite—fall for the hype? And how did WeWork go so wrong? In little more than a decade, Neumann transformed himself from a struggling baby clothes salesman into the charismatic, hard-partying CEO of a company worth $47 billion—on paper. With his long hair and feel-good mantras, the six-foot-five Israeli transplant looked the part of a messianic truth teller. Investors swooned, and billions poured in. Neumann dined with the CEOs of JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, entertaining a parade of power brokers desperate to get a slice of what he was selling: the country’s most valuable startup, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and a generation-defining moment. Soon, however, WeWork was burning through cash faster than Neumann could bring it in. From his private jet, sometimes clouded with marijuana smoke, he scoured the globe for more capital. Then, as WeWork readied a Hail Mary IPO, it all fell apart. Nearly $40 billion of value vaporized in one of corporate America’s most spectacular meltdowns. Peppered with eye-popping, never-before-reported details, The Cult of We is the gripping story of careless and often absurd people—and the financial system they have made.

Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice: Second Edition

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Now in its second edition, this extended and thoroughly updated handbook introduces researchers and students to the growing range of theoretical and methodological perspectives being developed in the vibrant field of strategy as practice. With new authors and additional chapters, it shows how the strategy-as-practice approach in strategic management moves away from disembodied and asocial studies of firm assets, technologies and practices to explore and explain the contribution that strategizing makes to people working at all levels of an organization. It breaks down many of the traditional paradigmatic barriers in strategy to investigate who the strategists are, what they do, how they do it, and what the consequences or outcomes of their actions are. This essential work summarizes recent developments in the field while presenting a clear agenda for future research.

Colonial and Imperial Banking History

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This book sheds new light on the role played by European banks in the economic colonization of much of the globe. Based on previously unused archival material, it examines the origins and development of imperial banking systems. Contributors utilize new developments and methodology in business history to explore a broad range of countries including Cuba, Brazil, Portugal, South Africa and Algeria. The central topic of interest in this book is the institutional history of central, issuing and rediscounting banks. While much attention has been paid to the British, Dutch and French banks and financial instituions, this book is unique in its focus on colonial and overseas banking. Using a range of case studies, this book highlights both the immense variety and cohesion that defined colonial banking practices. This book will be of interest to researchers concerned with international finance and banking and economic history.

Nothing Down for the 2000s

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With more than a million copies in print, Robert Allen's Nothing Down for the '90s has probably helped more people achieve success in real estate than any book in history. Countless numbers of his readers are now financially independent and many actual millionaires attribute their wealth to his techniques. Why has this blockbuster bestseller been so successful? The answer is simple: it works! Now, in one of the most practical books you'll ever read, Robert Allen has created effective new wealth strategies for investing in real estate. Real estate remains the one reliable investment in which profits can be made consistently, no matter where you live. Whether employment figures and stock prices are high or low, the real estate market never dries up -- it is one of the most dynamic income-producing vehicles ever created. The demand for housing will continue to be strong in most areas of the country for the foreseeable future. There will, of course, always be plenty of foreclosures, which are great opportunities to purchase properties cheaply. And, finally, mortgage qualification today is simpler than ever, with new mortgage packages that did not even exist twenty years ago. Nothing Down for the 2000s shows you how to locate the best buys, deal with real estate agents, and manage properties, all with little -- or no -- money down. Discover step-by-step techniques and dynamic strategies to: • Use real estate to build monthly income • Finance bargain properties for equity or cash flow • Guarantee and secure your retirement • Find and profit from foreclosures before they are publicly listed • Sell and trade for maximum gain • Increase property value • Use owner financing to create opportunities • Obtain direct, legal tax cuts • Profit from conversions • Develop effective negotiation techniques, and much more Excellent for beginners or experienced investors, Nothing Down for the 2000s is the key to generating low-risk, high-profit wealth and to a potential future of security and financial independence.

Berkshire Beyond Buffett

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A profile of Berkshire Hathaway, the keys to its success, and how it can survive beyond its iconic chairman and CEO, Warren Buffett. In a comprehensive portrait of the corporate culture that unites Berkshire’s subsidiaries, Lawrence Cunningham unearths the traits that assure the conglomerate's perpetual prosperity. Riveting stories of each subsidiary’s origins, triumphs, and journey to Berkshire reveal how managers generate economic value from intangibles like thrift, integrity, entrepreneurship, autonomy, and a sense of permanence.Berkshire Beyond Buffett explores not only what will happen to Berkshire after Buffett, but presents all of Berkshire behind Buffett, the inspiring managerial luminaries, innovative entrepreneurs, and devotees of deep values that define this esteemed organization. Whether or not you are convinced that Berkshire can endure without Buffett, the book is full of management lessons for small and large businesses, entrepreneurs, family firms, and Fortune 500 CEOs. Enjoy entertaining tales from Berkshire’s 50 main subsidiaries, including Dairy Queen, GEICO, Benjamin Moore, Fruit of the Loom, BNSF, Justin, Pampered Chef, Marmon, Clayton Homes, FlightSafety, and more.“An invaluable read for entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors, managers and anyone wanting to learn more about corporate stewardship.”—The Economist“How did Warren Buffett build such a great firm as Berkshire Hathaway? To unravel this mystery, Lawrence Cunningham takes a deep dive inside the cultures of Berkshire's subsidiaries, highlighting the value of integrity, kinship, and autonomy—and revealing how building moats around the castles may help the firm outlast its visionary founder.”—Adam Grant, Wharton professor and author of Give and Take

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