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Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Economics and Imbalances -- 1.1. Capturing power -- 1.1.1. From eco-development to sustainable development -- 1.1.2. Interest and limits of the decoupling concept -- 1.2. Systemic approach to the economy -- 1.2.1. Nature and structure of productive capital -- 1.2.2. Spaces and temporalities of productive phenomena -- 1.3. Conclusion -- 2. Information Structures Production -- 2.1. The value chain: an outdated representation -- 2.1.1. Toward a functional economy

2.1.2. Valuing multifunctional production -- 2.2. Reinventing performance -- 2.2.1. Information socioeconomy -- 2.2.2. Preserving the functional heritage -- 2.3. Conclusion -- 3. Communication Renews Rationalities -- 3.1. From agent to actor -- 3.1.1. Decompartmentalizing the economic space -- 3.1.2. Toward a cooperative transaction society -- 3.2. To discuss is to produce -- 3.2.1. Toward a hermeneutical and contributory web -- 3.2.2. A contributory platform for political economy -- 3.3. Conclusion -- 4. Accounting: The Figure in Dialogue -- 4.1. Performance systems

4.1.1. Coupling between functional ecosystems -- 4.1.2. Multiscalar and cross-sectoral scenarios -- 4.2. Cost systems -- 4.2.1. Internalization and territorialization -- 4.2.2. Structuring the micro-macro accounting space -- 4.3. Conclusion -- 5. Contractualizing: The Value in Act -- 5.1. Restructuring the transactional space -- 5.1.1. Levels of representation and materiality -- 5.1.2. Intangible assets and performance contract -- 5.2. Taking the measure of the territorial heritage -- 5.2.1. An irreducible interface between performance and profitability

5.2.2. Territorial informative and cognitive assessment -- 5.3. Conclusion -- 6. Development, Changing the Compass and the Map -- 6.1. Dynamic Modeling of Cost Systems -- 6.1.1. Linking shared representations and activity costs -- 6.1.2. Relative growth and strategic alignment -- 6.2. Social value of acceleration -- 6.2.1. Entropy, wealth and time -- 6.2.2. Turning toward sustainability -- 6.3. Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Postface -- References -- Index -- Other titles from iSTE in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management -- EULA

Includes bibliographical references and index.