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Services aux entreprises et organisations multilocales

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  • Pierre-Yves Leo
  • Jean Philippe

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[fre] Les entreprises de service sont en contact direct avec leurs clients. Production et distribution des services demeurent des actes solidaires, à la différence des activités industrielles où production et distribution des produits sont assurées dans des lieux différents et fréquemment par des entreprises différentes. Pour gérer cette contrainte, l'entreprise doit pouvoir déplacer son personnel à chaque prestation ou bien édifier des réseaux de distribution.. La constitution d'une organisation multilocale nécessite des moyens financiers mais surtout une conception claire des prestations à délivrer. La reproductibilité des services à qualité homogène est à ce prix. Indispensables pour atteindre la taille économique, les réseaux n'apportent pas cependant d'avantages décisifs par rapport aux firmes compactes pour assurer la rentabilité des entreprises. Les secteurs de services exercent un déterminisme faible sur la constitution des réseaux : cet article démontre en dernier ressort l'hétérogénéité des services aux entreprises et la difficulté qu'elle crée pour constituer des regroupements pertinents d'analyse. [eng] Service companies are in direct contact with their clients. Production and distribution remain unified acts, unlike in manufacturing industry where production and distribution of products are carried out in different places and frequently by different firms. In order to overcome this constraint the company has to be able to move its personnel about each time the service is given or else build up distribution networks.. The development of a multilocal organization requires financial resources but above all requires a clear conception of the service to be given. This is the price to pay for reproducing service of the same quality. Although indispensable in order to reach an economic size, multilocal organization does not bring any decisive advantages compared to compact firms in relation to profitability. This paper clearly demonstrates the heterogeneous nature of business service and the difficulty that this creates when trying to sort them into pertinent groups for analysis.

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  • Pierre-Yves Leo & Jean Philippe, 1991. "Services aux entreprises et organisations multilocales," Revue d'Économie Industrielle, Programme National Persée, vol. 57(1), pages 46-63.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recind:rei_0154-3229_1991_num_57_1_1376
    DOI: 10.3406/rei.1991.1376
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    1. Pierre-Yves Léo, 1994. "Profils stratégiques des firmes de services aux entreprises," Post-Print hal-01801594, HAL.
    2. Pierre-Yves Léo & Jean Philippe, 2006. "Restaurant networks between local setting and global competition [Les chaînes de restauration entre ancrage local et compétition globale]," Post-Print hal-01801621, HAL.

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