Contents

DEBATES

When appearances are deceptive — the heads of medical poles: Becoming hybrid “after all”? - by Annick VALETTE and Franck BURELLIER

Tectonics of the poles - by Frédéric KLETZ

OVERLOOKED

Bonnes et mauvaises complexités : des illusions d’optique ? Le cas des écosystèmes d’innovation - by Par Daniel FIXARI and Frédérique PALLEZ

How to develop a dynamic capacity for improving performance? The technological gatekeeper’s key role of in small and medium-sized companies - by Guy CAVEROT, Dominique Philippe MARTIN and Jean-Claude BOLDRINI

TRIAL BY FACT

Hunting, a show of management - by Rachel BEAUJOLIN-BELLET, Thierry BOUDÈS and Nathalie RAULET-CROSET

Anglicization, a challenge for organizations: A contrasting view of situations in a firm and in higher education - by Jérôme SAULIÈRE

Electric vehicles, an extreme object that “innervates” the social sciences  - by Rémi MANIAK

OTHER TIMES, OTHER PLACES

Identity and organizational culture as sources of a strategic surprise: Lessons to be learned from the CIA’s failures - by Philippe SILBERZAHN and Milo JONES

IN QUEST OF THEORIES

The ambiguities of language as a reflection of cultural ambiguity: A forgotten dimension in studies devoted to organizational cultures? - by Jennifer URASADETTAN

MOSAICS

Loïc ANDRIEN - The sociology of management tools: Introduction to the social analysis of the instrumentation of management - On Eve Chiapello and Patrick Gilbert’s, Sociologie des outils de gestion. Introduction à l’analyse sociale de l’instrumentation de gestion (Paris: Éditions La Découverte, 2013).

Cécile CHAMARET - On Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier’s, Big data: A revolution that will transform how we live, work and think (London: Murray, 2013).

Vincent MEYER - Evaluate me! Evaluation at work: The wellspring of a fascination - On Bénédicte Vidaillet’s, Évaluez-moi! L’évaluation au travail: les ressorts d’une fascination (Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 2013)