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L'efficacité des PME et les nouvelles technologies

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  • Pierre-André Julien
  • Jean-Bernard Carrière

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[eng] The particular dynamism shown by the SMEs sector in the last two decades has been abated somewhat by the 1991-93 recession. In the long term the presence of an enduring favorable SMEs development climate, through such characteristics as market fragmentations, need for more convivial working milieus, limits to scale economies as well as government decentralization tendencies, will not be sufficient to support this dynamism if SMEs entrepreneurs do not keep up their modernization effort in technoloqv renewal. A survey conducted in SMEs manufacturing sectors of Quebec has shown that these firms are presently active in adopting new technologies, whether generic new high technologies as CAD and Robotics, or various new technologies specific to their sector. These adoptions are part of firm-wide innovation sustained effort in decreasing product cost and increasing product quality and diversity. A catch up phase has been realized and if the actual adoption rates are kept up, it is expected that they will gain a global competitive status, notably through new linkages with large firms. [fre] Le dynamisme particulier des PME depuis plus de 20 ans déjà semble montrer quelques signes d'essoufflement, suite à la dure récession de 1991-93. Mais le maintien d'un environnement favorable relié à la segmentation de plusieurs marchés, aux besoins d'un milieu de travail à taille plus humaine, aux limites des économies d'échelle et à la décentralisation gouvernementale ne peut suffire à assurer ce dynamisme si les PME ne modernisent pas leurs procédés de production à l'aide des nouvelles technologies.. Or, une enquête récente au Québec montre que les PME manufacturières sont en train de prendre le saut technologique nécessaire non seulement en recourant aux nouvelles technologies informatisées comme la CFAO ou la robotique, mais en implantant de plus en plus de nouveaux équipements adaptés au secteur dans lequel elles œuvrent. En même temps, elles continuent à innover, au moins de façon graduelle. Il est probable que ces comportements permettront à un bon nombre d'entre elles de s'adapter à la nouvelle compétitivité internationale due à la mondialisation tout en tissant de nouveaux liens entre grandes et petites entreprises.

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  • Pierre-André Julien & Jean-Bernard Carrière, 1994. "L'efficacité des PME et les nouvelles technologies," Revue d'Économie Industrielle, Programme National Persée, vol. 67(1), pages 120-134.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recind:rei_0154-3229_1994_num_67_1_1512
    DOI: 10.3406/rei.1994.1512
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    1. Tayeb OUAZZANI CHAHDI & Mohamed Tahrouch, 2023. "Management Control and Performance in the SME Context: a contingent approach [Contrôle de gestion et performance dans le contexte PME : une approche contingente]," Post-Print hal-04178396, HAL.
    2. Jean Bonnet, 2016. "From Knowledge to Innovation Economy: Developing Education and Creating Entrepreneurial Ecosystems," Economics Working Paper Archive (University of Rennes & University of Caen) 2016-02, Center for Research in Economics and Management (CREM), University of Rennes, University of Caen and CNRS.
    3. Julien, Pierre-Andre, 1995. "New technologies and technological information in small businesses," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 10(6), pages 459-475, November.

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