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Papers by Maria Bonnafous-Boucher
Palgrave Macmillan Books, 2005
From a cosmopolitical point of view, the concept of ‘government’ is generally subsumed under that... more From a cosmopolitical point of view, the concept of ‘government’ is generally subsumed under that of ‘governance’. The term ‘governance’ covers various types of practices — economic (corporate governance); political (European governance); and both political and economic (global governance). From the cosmopolitical perspective, the issue is not what government is, or even what the best type of government is and how to achieve it, but what definition can be attached to the slippage from the concept of government to that of governance, and what the nature of this modification is. Are we dealing with an accidental occurrence (a mere chance semantic slippage) or with an inevitable process? And if it is an inevitable process, by what necessity is governance applied to both economics and politics, whose rules are apparently so distinct? If the term governance covers the spheres of both public and private life, should we conclude that there exists a sole, all-encompassing form of governance, or several different ones? In order to reply to these questions, I shall use Foucault’s concept of ‘governmentality’, which I believe to be close to the notion of governance. Developed as part of a project to understand a certain stage of liberalism, governmentality expresses three things: firstly, a notion of the act of governing; secondly, an always already-existing interpenetrability of the economic in the political and the political in the economic (in regard to which Foucault wrote that ‘the introduction of the economic into the exercise of politics [was] the essential issue of government and governmentality’); and thirdly, an internal logic which is a political rationality of a specific nature.
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Dec 7, 2015
The objective of this article is to demonstrate that policy-based clusters can be seen as institu... more The objective of this article is to demonstrate that policy-based clusters can be seen as institutions and laboratories of institutional change. Taking the case of France where a national policy has been established with a set of common rules for 71 clusters, we explore and discuss these two hypotheses. Firstly, building on a case study of Medicen, a biotechnological cluster, we show that new formal and informal rules are being elaborated through a permanent interaction between the various cluster organisations and the cluster itself as an institution. Secondly, based on a statistical analysis of 71 French clusters, we reveal four categories of policy-based clusters as laboratories of institutional change. Even if common institutionalisation trends may appear at one stage, we argue that instead of homogeneity and isomorphism, the policy-based clusters are undergoing change and engendering variety on the long run.
The premise underpinning social responsibility was that doing business in a given society presupp... more The premise underpinning social responsibility was that doing business in a given society presupposed the sustainability of both market and society. This implicitly assumed the existence of a state of harmony between the given market and A part of this chapter is adapted from Bonnafous-Boucher M, Rendtorff JD (2016) Stakeholder Theory. SpringerBriefs in Ethics. Springer, Cham.
Vie & sciences de l'entreprise, 2014
Distribution électronique Cairn.info pour ANDESE. Distribution électronique Cairn.info pour ANDES... more Distribution électronique Cairn.info pour ANDESE. Distribution électronique Cairn.info pour ANDESE. La reproduction ou représentation de cet article, notamment par photocopie, n'est autorisée que dans les limites des conditions générales d'utilisation du site ou, le cas échéant, des conditions générales de la licence souscrite par votre établissement. Toute autre reproduction ou représentation, en tout ou partie, sous quelque forme et de quelque manière que ce soit, est interdite sauf accord préalable et écrit de l'éditeur, en dehors des cas prévus par la législation en vigueur en France. Il est précisé que son stockage dans une base de données est également interdit. Article disponible en ligne à l'adresse Article disponible en ligne à l'adresse https://www.cairn.info/revue-vie-et-sciences-de-l-entreprise-2014-2-page-12.htm Découvrir le sommaire de ce numéro, suivre la revue par email, s'abonner... Flashez ce QR Code pour accéder à la page de ce numéro sur Cairn.info.
Palgrave Macmillan eBooks, 2005
and currently, a Senior Fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management Research. Her principal re... more and currently, a Senior Fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management Research. Her principal research interests include change and learning processes in organizations. Within that she has concentrated on individuals' receptivity to change and the role of learning and knowing practices, in conjunction with human resource development interventions in organizations. She is currently undertaking a series of research projects in organizational learning, social practice and dynamic capabilities and is focusing on the development of new methodologies for studying social complexity in organizations. She writes on all the above areas and her work is published in international journals such as Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies and Academy of Management Review. She is subject editor for Organizational Learning and Knowledge and Organizational Journal and has just completed a five-year term as joint editorin-chief of the international journal Management Learning. She serves on the editorial board of Organization Science, Academy of Management Learning and Education Journal and Society and Business Review. She has served in numerous positions at Board and Executive levels at the Academy of Management (US) and is currently serving for a second term on the Board of the European Group in Organization Studies (EGOS).
SpringerBriefs in ethics, 2016
Strategy consists in making choices and taking decisions involving an organization while being aw... more Strategy consists in making choices and taking decisions involving an organization while being aware of the interactions between the corporation, its environment, and its existing or potential resources. Linked to corporate policy, it is an activity which requires reflection and action. As practice, it “gradually constructs ensembles of opportunities and imagines trajectories of development in a rapidly changing and partially unpredictable environment” (Desreumeaux et al. 2009). As reflection, it “renders the world comprehensible, simplifying it with a view to facilitating action” (Desreumeaux et al. 2009). As such, it is praxeological reflection because it seeks efficacy and efficiency (yields and the relationship between assets and results) (Martinet et al. 1990). From the outset, stakeholder theory has cast itself as a practical and useful theory associated with strategy, as is demonstrated by both the oldest and most recent publications on the subject, those of Freeman and his co-authors: Stakeholder Theory, written by Phillipps and Freeman (2010); Stakeholder Theory: A State of the Art, coordinated by Freeman et al. (2010); The Handbook of Strategic Management, edited by Hitt et al. (2001); Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach (1984); “Manager les parties prenantes” (1982); and Manager pour les parties prenantes: survie, reputation et succes (2007). To this list can be added the recent book by Wicks, Freeman and Werhane: Business Ethics: A Managerial Approach (2009). For the advocates of the theory, the managerial or strategic management approach encompasses planning, systems theory, corporate social responsibility, and organization theory.
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks, 2005
From a cosmopolitical point of view, the concept of ‘government’ is generally subsumed under that... more From a cosmopolitical point of view, the concept of ‘government’ is generally subsumed under that of ‘governance’. The term ‘governance’ covers various types of practices — economic (corporate governance); political (European governance); and both political and economic (global governance). From the cosmopolitical perspective, the issue is not what government is, or even what the best type of government is and how to achieve it, but what definition can be attached to the slippage from the concept of government to that of governance, and what the nature of this modification is. Are we dealing with an accidental occurrence (a mere chance semantic slippage) or with an inevitable process? And if it is an inevitable process, by what necessity is governance applied to both economics and politics, whose rules are apparently so distinct? If the term governance covers the spheres of both public and private life, should we conclude that there exists a sole, all-encompassing form of governance, or several different ones? In order to reply to these questions, I shall use Foucault’s concept of ‘governmentality’, which I believe to be close to the notion of governance. Developed as part of a project to understand a certain stage of liberalism, governmentality expresses three things: firstly, a notion of the act of governing; secondly, an always already-existing interpenetrability of the economic in the political and the political in the economic (in regard to which Foucault wrote that ‘the introduction of the economic into the exercise of politics [was] the essential issue of government and governmentality’); and thirdly, an internal logic which is a political rationality of a specific nature.
Revue française de gestion, Feb 1, 2003
Les opéras régionaux, comme l'Opéra de Paris, doivent prendre en compte les impératifs de la rati... more Les opéras régionaux, comme l'Opéra de Paris, doivent prendre en compte les impératifs de la rationalité économique. À la logique de gestion par les moyens alloués doit se substituer la réflexion sur les missions et les objectifs, d'une part, et sur les moyens de les atteindre d'autre part. Cette réflexion pourrait conduire à distinguer création et diffusion des oeuvres lyriques, à mieux définir le « maillage » territorial des maisons d'opéra, à concevoir des stratégies d'alliance et coopération et à concilier obligations de service public et exigences économiques.
Corporate Governance, Apr 1, 2005
Focuses on what can be referred to as the “fundamental philosophical issues of corporate governan... more Focuses on what can be referred to as the “fundamental philosophical issues of corporate governance”. Outlines the interdependence of various kinds of governance. Demonstrates that corporate governance is part of a bundle of governances and that, in this respect, it occupies a leading place to the degree that its principles are becoming consolidated. Then discusses in a more detailed manner what is meant by the term “dominant functionalism”. Then deals with the question of the equilibrium between sovereignty and legitimacy from the point of view of corporate governance. In effect, rules of governance (considered as the designation of a sovereign power) are searching for a legitimizing instance originating outside the framework of those rules. Finally, covers the proprietarialist origins of stakeholder theory, origins which correspond to a moderate liberal tradition.
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, Feb 23, 2023
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Jun 30, 2005
La Découverte eBooks, 2006
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 1998
De Boeck Supérieur eBooks, 2007
Palgrave Macmillan Books, 2005
From a cosmopolitical point of view, the concept of ‘government’ is generally subsumed under that... more From a cosmopolitical point of view, the concept of ‘government’ is generally subsumed under that of ‘governance’. The term ‘governance’ covers various types of practices — economic (corporate governance); political (European governance); and both political and economic (global governance). From the cosmopolitical perspective, the issue is not what government is, or even what the best type of government is and how to achieve it, but what definition can be attached to the slippage from the concept of government to that of governance, and what the nature of this modification is. Are we dealing with an accidental occurrence (a mere chance semantic slippage) or with an inevitable process? And if it is an inevitable process, by what necessity is governance applied to both economics and politics, whose rules are apparently so distinct? If the term governance covers the spheres of both public and private life, should we conclude that there exists a sole, all-encompassing form of governance, or several different ones? In order to reply to these questions, I shall use Foucault’s concept of ‘governmentality’, which I believe to be close to the notion of governance. Developed as part of a project to understand a certain stage of liberalism, governmentality expresses three things: firstly, a notion of the act of governing; secondly, an always already-existing interpenetrability of the economic in the political and the political in the economic (in regard to which Foucault wrote that ‘the introduction of the economic into the exercise of politics [was] the essential issue of government and governmentality’); and thirdly, an internal logic which is a political rationality of a specific nature.
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Dec 7, 2015
The objective of this article is to demonstrate that policy-based clusters can be seen as institu... more The objective of this article is to demonstrate that policy-based clusters can be seen as institutions and laboratories of institutional change. Taking the case of France where a national policy has been established with a set of common rules for 71 clusters, we explore and discuss these two hypotheses. Firstly, building on a case study of Medicen, a biotechnological cluster, we show that new formal and informal rules are being elaborated through a permanent interaction between the various cluster organisations and the cluster itself as an institution. Secondly, based on a statistical analysis of 71 French clusters, we reveal four categories of policy-based clusters as laboratories of institutional change. Even if common institutionalisation trends may appear at one stage, we argue that instead of homogeneity and isomorphism, the policy-based clusters are undergoing change and engendering variety on the long run.
The premise underpinning social responsibility was that doing business in a given society presupp... more The premise underpinning social responsibility was that doing business in a given society presupposed the sustainability of both market and society. This implicitly assumed the existence of a state of harmony between the given market and A part of this chapter is adapted from Bonnafous-Boucher M, Rendtorff JD (2016) Stakeholder Theory. SpringerBriefs in Ethics. Springer, Cham.
Vie & sciences de l'entreprise, 2014
Distribution électronique Cairn.info pour ANDESE. Distribution électronique Cairn.info pour ANDES... more Distribution électronique Cairn.info pour ANDESE. Distribution électronique Cairn.info pour ANDESE. La reproduction ou représentation de cet article, notamment par photocopie, n'est autorisée que dans les limites des conditions générales d'utilisation du site ou, le cas échéant, des conditions générales de la licence souscrite par votre établissement. Toute autre reproduction ou représentation, en tout ou partie, sous quelque forme et de quelque manière que ce soit, est interdite sauf accord préalable et écrit de l'éditeur, en dehors des cas prévus par la législation en vigueur en France. Il est précisé que son stockage dans une base de données est également interdit. Article disponible en ligne à l'adresse Article disponible en ligne à l'adresse https://www.cairn.info/revue-vie-et-sciences-de-l-entreprise-2014-2-page-12.htm Découvrir le sommaire de ce numéro, suivre la revue par email, s'abonner... Flashez ce QR Code pour accéder à la page de ce numéro sur Cairn.info.
Palgrave Macmillan eBooks, 2005
and currently, a Senior Fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management Research. Her principal re... more and currently, a Senior Fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management Research. Her principal research interests include change and learning processes in organizations. Within that she has concentrated on individuals' receptivity to change and the role of learning and knowing practices, in conjunction with human resource development interventions in organizations. She is currently undertaking a series of research projects in organizational learning, social practice and dynamic capabilities and is focusing on the development of new methodologies for studying social complexity in organizations. She writes on all the above areas and her work is published in international journals such as Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies and Academy of Management Review. She is subject editor for Organizational Learning and Knowledge and Organizational Journal and has just completed a five-year term as joint editorin-chief of the international journal Management Learning. She serves on the editorial board of Organization Science, Academy of Management Learning and Education Journal and Society and Business Review. She has served in numerous positions at Board and Executive levels at the Academy of Management (US) and is currently serving for a second term on the Board of the European Group in Organization Studies (EGOS).
SpringerBriefs in ethics, 2016
Strategy consists in making choices and taking decisions involving an organization while being aw... more Strategy consists in making choices and taking decisions involving an organization while being aware of the interactions between the corporation, its environment, and its existing or potential resources. Linked to corporate policy, it is an activity which requires reflection and action. As practice, it “gradually constructs ensembles of opportunities and imagines trajectories of development in a rapidly changing and partially unpredictable environment” (Desreumeaux et al. 2009). As reflection, it “renders the world comprehensible, simplifying it with a view to facilitating action” (Desreumeaux et al. 2009). As such, it is praxeological reflection because it seeks efficacy and efficiency (yields and the relationship between assets and results) (Martinet et al. 1990). From the outset, stakeholder theory has cast itself as a practical and useful theory associated with strategy, as is demonstrated by both the oldest and most recent publications on the subject, those of Freeman and his co-authors: Stakeholder Theory, written by Phillipps and Freeman (2010); Stakeholder Theory: A State of the Art, coordinated by Freeman et al. (2010); The Handbook of Strategic Management, edited by Hitt et al. (2001); Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach (1984); “Manager les parties prenantes” (1982); and Manager pour les parties prenantes: survie, reputation et succes (2007). To this list can be added the recent book by Wicks, Freeman and Werhane: Business Ethics: A Managerial Approach (2009). For the advocates of the theory, the managerial or strategic management approach encompasses planning, systems theory, corporate social responsibility, and organization theory.
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks, 2005
From a cosmopolitical point of view, the concept of ‘government’ is generally subsumed under that... more From a cosmopolitical point of view, the concept of ‘government’ is generally subsumed under that of ‘governance’. The term ‘governance’ covers various types of practices — economic (corporate governance); political (European governance); and both political and economic (global governance). From the cosmopolitical perspective, the issue is not what government is, or even what the best type of government is and how to achieve it, but what definition can be attached to the slippage from the concept of government to that of governance, and what the nature of this modification is. Are we dealing with an accidental occurrence (a mere chance semantic slippage) or with an inevitable process? And if it is an inevitable process, by what necessity is governance applied to both economics and politics, whose rules are apparently so distinct? If the term governance covers the spheres of both public and private life, should we conclude that there exists a sole, all-encompassing form of governance, or several different ones? In order to reply to these questions, I shall use Foucault’s concept of ‘governmentality’, which I believe to be close to the notion of governance. Developed as part of a project to understand a certain stage of liberalism, governmentality expresses three things: firstly, a notion of the act of governing; secondly, an always already-existing interpenetrability of the economic in the political and the political in the economic (in regard to which Foucault wrote that ‘the introduction of the economic into the exercise of politics [was] the essential issue of government and governmentality’); and thirdly, an internal logic which is a political rationality of a specific nature.
Revue française de gestion, Feb 1, 2003
Les opéras régionaux, comme l'Opéra de Paris, doivent prendre en compte les impératifs de la rati... more Les opéras régionaux, comme l'Opéra de Paris, doivent prendre en compte les impératifs de la rationalité économique. À la logique de gestion par les moyens alloués doit se substituer la réflexion sur les missions et les objectifs, d'une part, et sur les moyens de les atteindre d'autre part. Cette réflexion pourrait conduire à distinguer création et diffusion des oeuvres lyriques, à mieux définir le « maillage » territorial des maisons d'opéra, à concevoir des stratégies d'alliance et coopération et à concilier obligations de service public et exigences économiques.
Corporate Governance, Apr 1, 2005
Focuses on what can be referred to as the “fundamental philosophical issues of corporate governan... more Focuses on what can be referred to as the “fundamental philosophical issues of corporate governance”. Outlines the interdependence of various kinds of governance. Demonstrates that corporate governance is part of a bundle of governances and that, in this respect, it occupies a leading place to the degree that its principles are becoming consolidated. Then discusses in a more detailed manner what is meant by the term “dominant functionalism”. Then deals with the question of the equilibrium between sovereignty and legitimacy from the point of view of corporate governance. In effect, rules of governance (considered as the designation of a sovereign power) are searching for a legitimizing instance originating outside the framework of those rules. Finally, covers the proprietarialist origins of stakeholder theory, origins which correspond to a moderate liberal tradition.
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, Feb 23, 2023
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Jun 30, 2005
La Découverte eBooks, 2006
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 1998
De Boeck Supérieur eBooks, 2007