Knowledge, Technology and Organisation
Knowledge, Technology and Organisation (KTO) is an interdisciplinary team of researchers, spanning across disciplines such as Strategy, Organisation, and Entrepreneurship.
KTO is an interdisciplinary research centre on innovation, strategy, economics, and organisation, affiliated with CNRS-GREDEG at Université Côte d’Azur. Its mission is to shape the academic and policy debate on the organisation of knowledge, innovation, and strategy, combining analytical depth with strategic coherence.
KTO advances frontier research that meets top-journal standards while promoting internal alignment, visibility, and collective impact. Acting as a platform for research development and career progression, the centre leverages flagship projects and complementarities among its members to strengthen its international position in the strategic, economic, and organisational analysis of knowledge and innovation.
Research Themes
KTO’s research examines how technological change, knowledge creation, and human capital influence firm strategy, industrial dynamics, and economic performance, integrating perspectives from innovation economics, strategic management, and organisational theory. Its areas include innovation and technological change, entrepreneurship and market formation, strategic human capital and labour markets, organisational learning and adaptation, categorisation, valuation and cognitive dynamics in markets, industrial and regional dynamics, institutions, policy and regulation, and diversity and inclusion in organisations. The centre also hosts the Chaire Prévention et Accès aux Soins (IDEX UCA JEDI), which analyses the organisation and economics of healthcare to improve access and system efficiency, and the Observatoire de la Féminisation en Entreprise, which studies gender dynamics, representation, and equity in organisational contexts.
KTO members publish in leading international journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Management Science, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and Journal of International Business Studies, as well as top economics and innovation outlets including Research Policy, Industrial and Corporate Change, and Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. KTO researchers also serve on the editorial boards of several top-tier and field-leading journals, underscoring the centre’s recognised position in innovation, strategy, and the economics of knowledge.
Mobility
This project seeks to explore new theoretical and empirical directions within the studies of employee mobility, entrepreneurship and recruitment. This project contributes to literatures surrounding strategic management of human capital entrepreneurship by investigating the antecedents and consequences of individual intra-firm, inter-firm and entrepreneurship experiences in terms of firm and individual productivity, wage trajectories, job satisfaction, and employee career development. In addition, this project aims to offer recommendations regarding policy and management that can help policy makers, entrepreneurs, employers and prospective recruiters to develop high-quality entrepreneurship and impactful careers. The team develops these projects in collaboration with leading institutions, such as Georgia Tech, London Business School, and Drexel University.
Social evaluations in Strategy, Technology, and Organisations
This project aims to explore the antecedents and consequences of social evaluations in the context of digital transformation. Within this project, researchers aim to make several contributions to, for example, one of the following: the social evaluation of entrepreneurship (entrepreneurial failure in particular); status gatekeeping and the reactions of organisations to status threats; online evaluations under conditions of anonymity. The team develops these projects in collaboration with leading institutions, such as Boston University, HEC Paris, Tillburg University, and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU).
Relational dynamics in modern workplaces
This project aims to investigate social mechanisms within organisations, examples of which include performance, innovation, and organisational resilience, and the way in which they shape outcomes at different levels of analysis which include individual, team, network, and organisation stages. Furthermore, this project builds upon multiple disciplines and methods: qualitative methods (e.g., discourse analysis based on interviews), quantitative methods (e.g., social network analysis, tERGM), and simulations (e.g., agent-based simulations). The team develops these projects in collaboration with leading institutions, such as INSEAD, Erasmus School of Management, IESE, and University of Lugano.
Economics of digitalisation
The project investigates economic effects of digital technologies within multiple settings. These effects are apparent among a variety of individuals: among firms (having opportunities to move to new technologies), among consumers (having opportunities to shop online), among scientists (having online access to scientific papers), among the general public (having access to electronic social networks). This project spans these four settings. The originality in such a widely distributed project lies in the application of cutting edge methodology, most notably the data with high granularity, but also large scale online field experiments where appropriate. the project outcomes reverse much of the previously accepted conventional wisdom, the majority of which relied on more limited data. The team develops these projects in collaboration with leading institutions, such as Osaka University and Dartmouth College.
Chair for Prevention and Access to Healthcare
The Université Côte d’Azur and SKEMA Business School have partnered to create a Chair for Prevention and Access to Healthcare, recognized as an Initiative of Excellence (IDEX UCA JEDI). This project brings together a multidisciplinary team whose work focuses on social and territorial health inequalities, specifically:
- The analysis of the economic behaviour of healthcare professionals and the organisation of the healthcare system and their impact on patients' access to healthcare.
- The analysis of the determinants of individuals' health, particularly through the interactions between internal exposome (genetics, lifestyle) and external exposome (socioeconomic conditions, environment).
We aim to produce actionable research that informs policymakers, healthcare professionals, and the public to drive tangible improvements in public health.
SKEMA KTO Paper Development Workshop
The SKEMA KTO Paper Development Workshop is an annual event held on SKEMA's Sophia Antipolis campus. Open to doctoral students and early-career researchers, the workshop invites senior and associate editors of top-tier journals to spend three days in a collegial and inspiring atmosphere dedicated to paper development.
The purpose of the workshop is to enhance the research skills of promising scholars within the fields of strategy, international business, organisation, innovation and/or entrepreneurship, and to increase their likelihood of publication. The number of participants is always limited to allow for interactive discussions and feedback between individuals within a friendly environment.
Faculty coordinating the event: Carla Rua Gomez and Ludovic Dibiaggio
SKEMA KTO Crossing Bridges
The SKEMA KTO Crossing Bridges is a yearly event held on SKEMA's Grand Paris Campus. The event is a workshop open to faculty and doctoral students, in which individuals can present their ongoing research at varying stages of development.
The purpose of the workshop is to create a dialogue between disciplines by displaying research that “crosses bridges” between strategy, innovation, entrepreneurship, and organisational behavior.
Past participants involved scholars such as Bernard Forgues (EM Lyon), Elena Dalpiaz (Imperial College), and Rodolphe Durand (HEC Paris).
Faculty coordinating the event: Saverio Favaron, saverio.favaron@skema.edu
SKEMA KTO Seminar Series
The SKEMA KTO Seminar Series is a set of external seminars held at the Grand Paris and Sophia Antipolis Campus at SKEMA Business School. The seminars are a fundamental part of life for the research centre. We invite faculty from other institutions to present their ongoing research, meet our doctoral students, and exchange feedback about our research.
Recent presenters include faculty from leading European institutions such as Bocconi University, Copenhagen Business School, ESMT, HEC Paris, IE University, London Business School, and University of Cambridge, as well as overseas, such as Northeastern University and University of Maryland.
The seminars are open to external colleagues both on campus and remotely. You can ask to be added to the mailing list by contacting the faculty in charge of the seminars.
Faculty coordinating the seminars: Carla Rua, carlacarolina.ruagomez@skema.edu
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Faculty and Research Team
faculte.recherche@skema.edu
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