Fabrice PATRY

Photo : The undead life of academic publishing

The undead life of academic publishing

Take a random scholarly article from a wide range of journals in management and organization research. Even if you have never read an academic paper before, you will quickly notice that many articles published in the same issue look very much the same. The title, abstract, keywords, introduction, literature review, methods, findings, discussion… Although the […]

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Photo : RECEBA Centre of vocational excellence launches in Rome: six european regions join forces on circular economy skills

RECEBA Centre of vocational excellence launches in Rome: six european regions join forces on circular economy skills

As Europe accelerates its circular economy ambitions, regions are facing growing pressure to equip workers and SMEs with the right skills. Launched this week in Rome, the RECEBA project brings together 17 organisations across six European regions to build a long-term vocational excellence network focused on circular business innovation, micro-credentials and regional skills ecosystems. This week in Rome, […]

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Photo : A Tale of Two Pharmaceutical Clusters

A Tale of Two Pharmaceutical Clusters

– Comparison of Polepharma (France) and Cité Biotech (Canada) In the innovation-oriented economy, the knowledge-intensive industries drive region economic growth by leveraging local innovation ecosystem configurations and global innovation network connectivity. In this progress, the clusters, namely, “the geographic concentrations of interconnected companies and institutions in a particular field” (Porter, 1998), act as the basic […]

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Photo : Circular economy and business opportunities in the global value chains

Circular economy and business opportunities in the global value chains

The ongoing ecological challenges of climate change, resource scarcity, biological diversity, and environmental pollution urge the global business to fulfil their commitment to the triple bottom line of sustainable development, namely, economic prosperity, environmental integrity, and social equity for the benefit of current and future generations. In practice, the paradigm of circular economy, that is, […]

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