Research on creative organizations often questions how artistic practices can be squared within the rational decision-making of economic thinking. This paper examines how the relational language, or conversation, between artistic and economic rationales unfolds for creative entrepreneurs. Through ethnographic work with a designer-entrepreneur, this paper presents a fine-grained analysis of the conversation the designer cultivates between artistic and economic rationales through work practices. We contribute to the literature about artistic and economic rationales at work, and more specifically to the concept of conversation. First, we show that high levels of conversing make way for low levels of conversing and vice versa. In the studio, the designer’s engagement with either rationale varies as the creative process progresses. Second, on a more global dynamic, we demonstrate the conversation is continuous. It relies on its variations, which ensure the balance between rationales in the long run. We also contribute to the field of creative entrepreneurship research. We identify here one type of creative entrepreneur, with what we call a ‘small is beautiful’ attitude. Far from the mythical figure of the entrepreneur, this unconventional entrepreneur aims for sustainable use of creative resources rather than growth at all costs.

Lévêque, J., Enjalbert, T., Levillain, K., & Segrestin, B. 2026. How to Keep Track on Impact Investing Promises: Exploring the Potentials of New Governance Schemes. Journal of Innovation Economics &…

This article is based on the study of an engineering organization that is experiencing major difficulties on its first new project in 10 years. It contributes to the literature on organizational forgetting in project-based organizations, examining how this phenomenon can be perceived and assessed. The analysis of the data provides a better understanding of the conditions under which a situation of accidental forgetting can be (mis)identified. The case reveals that, due to five sources of ambiguity linked to the identification process—latency, novelty, multiplicity, complexity, and credibility—the forgetting phenomenon may be underestimated or the subject of contradictory assessments within the organization.

Nouvelle qualité juridique pour l’entreprise, la société à mission introduit un comité de mission, chargé de suivre le respect de la mission et des objectifs sociaux et environnementaux inscrits dans les statuts. À partir d’une étude empirique, cet article caractérise le mécanisme de gouvernance associé : le comité ne représente pas les parties prenantes et ne se limite pas à un reporting. Il interroge la fidélité des choix de gestion à la mission et pousse ainsi l’entreprise à rouvrir l’espace des choix possibles pour respecter ses objectifs. Il s’agit d’un contrôle génératif qui pourrait être particulièrement utile dans le pilotage des transitions.

What is the most efficient way of designing incentives in an organization? Over the past five decades, agency theory has provided various answers to this crucial question. This line of research suggests that, depending on the organizational context, the optimal approach to providing incentives may involve either relying on collective compensations or, conversely, employing relative performance evaluations. In the first scenario, cooperation among agents is the key aspect of the organization. In the second, competition prevails. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of this extensive literature with the aim of understanding the conditions under which one or the other type of incentive schemes is more desirable for the principal of the organization. To this end, we use a flexible and versatile model capable of addressing a wide range of scenarios characterized by different technologies, information constraints, and behavioral norms.

We investigate when and where entrepreneurship contributes to the resilience of local economies. In doing so, we contribute to the advancement of a field that has received limited scholarly attention. We isolate the local dimension of entrepreneurship to evaluate its distinct role in enhancing local adaptability using a dynamic shift–share method applied to data on labour market areas in France between 2007 and 2015.

Many stated-preference studies that seek to estimate the marginal willingness-to-pay (WTP) for reductions in mortality or morbidity risk suffer from inadequate scope sensitivity. One possible reason is that the risk reductions presented to respondents are too small to be meaningful. Survey responses may thus not accurately reflect respondents preferences for health and safety. In this paper we propose a novel approach to estimating the value per statistical life (VSL) or the value per statistical case (VSC) based on larger risk reductions measurable as percent changes. While such non-marginal risk reductions are easier to understand, they introduce well known biases. We propose a methodology to de-bias VSL and VSC estimates derived from the evaluation of non-marginal risk reductions and present a proof of concept using simulated stated preference data.

This article explains the economic rationale for regulation of pharmaceutical markets and describes the regulatory environments in different countries. It describes how the experiences in other developed countries should inform changes the US policy.