Conventions de qualité et formes de coordination

François Eymard-Duvernay

Revue Économique, 1989, vol. 40, issue 2, 329-360

Abstract: [eng] Definitions of quality and forms of organisation. . The question of quality is a highly debated issue within theories of the market. Reference to situations where the quality of goods is poorly defined or where non-market criteria are brought in creates problems for this frame of analysis, and calls for consideration of alternative forms of coordination. In this article, the author develops and analysis of several forms of coordination, each of which corresponds to a distinct definition of quality. This procedure allows one to take into consideration situations which do not conform to standard economie theory (e.g., the limited flexibility of prices, long-lasting relations between actors) whithout reducing them to market failures. It thereby opens the way to analysis of the complexity of industrial networks through study of the articulations between several forms of coordination. [fre] Conventions de qualité et formes de coordination. . Les questions de qualité constituent un point sensible dans les théories du marché. L'introduction de situations où la qualité des biens est mal définie ou fait intervenir des critères non marchands perturbe profondément ce cadre d'analyse, orientant vers la prise en compte de formes de coordination alternatives. On développe dans cet article l'analyse de plusieurs formes de coordination, cohérentes avec des conventions de qualité distinctes. Cette démarche permet de traiter des situations peu conformes à la théorie standard (flexibilité des prix limitée, liens durables entre les agents) sans les réduire à des imperfections du marché. Elle introduit à l'analyse de la complexité des tissus industriels par l'étude de l'articulation entre plusieurs formes de coordination.

Date: 1989
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