Laboratoire Coactis

What Laboratoire Coactis does

Laboratoire Coactis is a French public university research unit (Unité de Recherche, formerly Équipe d'Accueil EA 4161) in management sciences, jointly hosted by Université Lumière Lyon 2 and Université Jean Monnet de Saint-Étienne, with additional affiliation to École des Mines Saint-Étienne and infrastructure hosted by MSH Lyon Saint-Étienne. The laboratory brings together approximately 70 titular faculty members — Professeurs des Universités, Maîtres de conférences HDR, and Maîtres de Conférences — plus around 30 PhD students, operating as a multidisciplinary research community spanning strategy, finance, marketing, human resources, and information systems.

Its research is organized around three federating axes (STR@FI – Strategy & Finance; DYNAMICS – Market Dynamics, Innovation and Sustainable Consumption; ENGAGE – Social Transformations, Organizations, Ecosystems) and four thematic research chairs (Chaire ESS on Social and Solidarity Economy, Chaire MOSS, Chaire TrAlim on Food Transitions, and Chaire Transition Durable on Sustainable Transition), with active projects including ASIS, AURA-PMI, CROYRESS, ELENCE, FRUGAL, REPEIRE, IDA, and TRAPLANUM. The laboratory's underlying technology consists of standard academic research infrastructure: a WordPress-hosted website, HAL open-archive publications, Twitter (@Labo_Coactis) and LinkedIn presence, and conventional academic conference and study-day channels.

Laboratoire Coactis does not generate commercial revenue. It operates under the French public higher-education funding model, with resources flowing from partner universities and chair-based industry and institutional collaborations. Governance is led by Director Maud Dampérat (Université Lumière Lyon 2, appointed September 2023) and Co-Director Alexis Catanzaro (IAE de Saint-Étienne, Université Jean Monnet), with editorial leadership by Professeure Isabelle Prim-Allaz. The primary "customers" in a functional sense are internal researchers and PhD trainees, industrial SMEs engaged through chair-based projects, and social-economy organizations participating in research on organizational development.

Name

Laboratoire Coactis

Legal name

COACTIS

Website

https://coactis.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Laboratoire Coactis is a French public university research unit (EA 4161) in management sciences, jointly hosted by Université Lumière Lyon 2, Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne, and École des Mines Saint-Étienne, comprising ~70 faculty and ~30 PhD students organized around three research axes and four thematic chairs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Management Research Institutes & Doctoral (PhD/DBA) Programs (EDAHAHAO)

Keywords

• Management sciences research
• Academic research laboratory
• Interdisciplinary business research
• SME internationalization research
• Social economy research

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Academic Research Funding: Public research funding from partner universities (Université Lumière Lyon 2 and Université Jean Monnet St-Étienne) and institutional affiliations with École des Mines Saint-Étienne. Additional funding through research chairs (Chaire ESS, Chaire MOSS, Chaire TrAlim, Chaire Transition Durable) and collaborative research projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Laboratoire Coactis is a French university research unit (EA 4161) in management sciences that conducts interdisciplinary academic research on organizational mutations, actor behaviors, and their link with various forms of performance. It delivers peer-reviewed publications, trains PhD students, and runs collaborative research programs organized around three research axes (STR@FI, DYNAMICS, ENGAGE) and four thematic research chairs (Chaire ESS, Chaire MOSS, Chaire TrAlim, Chaire Transition Durable).

Product overview

Laboratoire Coactis is a research unit in management sciences (EA 4161) affiliated with Université Lumière Lyon 2 and Université Jean Monnet de Saint Etienne, including the Ecole des Mines Saint-Etienne. It comprises approximately 70 tenured faculty members and around 30 PhD students. The laboratory is structured around three research axes — STR@FI (Strategy & Finance), DYNAMICS (Market Dynamics, Innovation, and Sustainable Consumption), and ENGAGE (Social Transformations, Organizations, and Ecosystems) — as well as four named research chairs: Chaire ESS (Social and Solidarity Economy), Chaire MOSS, Chaire TrAlim (Food Transitions), and Chaire Transition Durable (Sustainable Transition). The laboratory also conducts interdisciplinary research programs including ASIS, AURA-PMI, CROYRESS, ELENCE, FRUGAL, REPEIRE, IDA, and TRAPLANUM. The laboratory's product portfolio consists entirely of research programs, chairs, and axes — not commercial products — focused on studying the mutations of organizations, actor behaviors, and their link with various forms of performance across strategy, finance, marketing, HR, and information systems.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chaire ESS (Social and Solidarity Economy Research Chair) A research chair focused on social and solidarity economy that studies the development and structuration of social or solidarity-based organizations. Designed for academic researchers, social economy organizations, and policy stakeholders seeking evidence-based insights on cooperative and associative governance.
• Chaire MOSS Research Chair
• Chaire TrAlim (Food Transitions Research Chair) A research chair on food transitions and food system transformation, studying the mutations of food organizations and their link with performance, including the BPI AlinoVeg project. Targets academics, food industry actors, and policy stakeholders.
• Chaire Transition Durable (Sustainable Transition Research Chair) A research chair focused on sustainable transition, studying organizational transformations and actor behaviors in relation to environmental and sustainability performance.
• Axe STR@FI (Strategy & Finance Research Axis) One of the three federating research axes of Coactis, focusing on strategy and finance decisions and their impacts on organizations, including behavioral finance and governance.
• Axe DYNAMICS (Market Dynamics, Innovation, and Sustainable Consumption Research Axis) One of the three research axes of Coactis, focusing on market dynamics, innovation, and sustainable consumption.
• Axe ENGAGE (Social Transformations, Organizations, and Ecosystems Research Axis) One of the three research axes of Coactis, focusing on social transformations, organizations, and ecosystems, including social, managerial, and entrepreneurial sustainable innovations.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Université Lumière Lyon 2coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary partner institution. Coactis is the research unit of this university in management sciences. The lab's Director Maud Dampérat holds a professorship at Université Lumière Lyon 2.
• Université Jean Monnet St-ÉtiennecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary partner institution and co-host of the laboratory. Co-Director Alexis Catanzaro is a Professor at IAE de Saint-Étienne (Université Jean Monnet).
• École des Mines Saint-ÉtiennecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitutional partner with some lab members affiliated, including Magdalena Potz (Maitre de Conférences at IHF). The EMSE logo appears on the lab's website indicating institutional affiliation.
• MSH Lyon Saint-Etienne (Maison des Sciences de l'Homme)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHosting institution for the laboratory website and infrastructure. The site is hosted by the Service des Systèmes d'Information de la MSH de Lyon Saint-Etienne.
• Chaire ESS (Economie Sociale et Solidaire de Lyon 2)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThematic research chair on Social and Solidarity Economy. The laboratory is a key participant in this chair, conducting research on the development and structuring of social or solidarity organizations.
• Chaire TrAlim (Transitions Alimentaires)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch chair on Food Transitions. The laboratory contributes research on food system sustainability and management of food organizations, including the BPI AlinoVeg project.
• Chaire Transition DurablecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch chair on Sustainable Transition, focusing on ecological transition and sustainable business practices.
• Chaire MOSScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnother thematic research chair within the laboratory structure, contributing to the interdisciplinary research approach.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• EM Strasbourg Business School Research: French public business school within Université de Strasbourg conducting management research. Comparable in mission (university-affiliated management research with doctoral training) though embedded in a single institution rather than a multi-university lab like Coactis.
• IREGE — Institut de Recherche en Gestion et Économie: University of Savoie Mont Blanc management research lab. Comparable to Coactis as a French university management research unit working on SME growth, organizational performance, and sustainable transitions.
• LIRSA — Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Sciences de l'Action: Management research unit at IAE Paris (Sorbonne Business School). Comparable to Coactis as a French public management research lab combining strategy, finance, marketing, HR, and information systems research with doctoral training.
• IAE de Paris — Sorbonne Business School Research: University-based management school with affiliated management sciences research labs. Comparable to Coactis as a French public university research structure producing management research and training PhD students.
• CERAG — Centre d'Études et de Recherches Appliquées à la Gestion: Management research lab at Université Grenoble Alpes (UMR CNRS). Comparable to Coactis in mission (management sciences research) and structure; notably, Coactis director Maud Dampérat earned her HDR at CERAG.
• MRM — Montpellier Recherche Management: University of Montpellier management sciences research lab (UMR CNRS). Highly comparable to Coactis as a French public management research unit hosting PhD students, organized around research axes, and producing applied research on SMEs and organizational management.

Regional players

• Laboratoire de Recherche Magellan (IAE Lyon): Management research lab at Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, also based in the Lyon metropolitan area. Comparable to Coactis as a public university management research lab but with regional rather than cross-institutional governance.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles3 records

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