LEMNA - Laboratoire d’Economie et de Management Nantes-Atlantique

What LEMNA - Laboratoire d’Economie et de Management Nantes-Atlantique does

LEMNA (Laboratoire d'Économie et de Management Nantes-Atlantique) is a public academic research laboratory affiliated with Nantes Université, an établissement public expérimental in Nantes, France. It consolidates economics and management researchers from Université de Nantes, IMT Atlantique (formerly Mines Nantes), and ONIRIS (École Nationale Vétérinaire, Agroalimentaire et de l'Alimentation Nantes-Atlantique). As of January 2025 the lab comprised 91 permanent members, 41 doctoral students, plus associated and external members (175 total), including 101 teacher-researchers per the lab's key figures. Research is organized around four axes: Environmental Challenges / Sea / Energy; Evolution of Enterprises and Financial Markets; Digital Transformation of Organizations; and Labor Transformations. Outputs include working papers, peer-reviewed publications, seminar series (Finance & Risk, Economics, Management, transverse themes), doctoral training, and scientific mediation events.

The lab's activities are funded through 27 managed research contracts sourced from French national agencies (ANR, ADEME, IFREMER), European programs, and regional councils, supplemented by institutional support from Nantes Université. It cooperates with CAPACITÉS, the university's research valorization subsidiary, on technology transfer and industry engagement. The lab does not sell products or services commercially — there is no pricing model, no commercial customer base, and revenue is not publicly disclosed. Governance is exercised through a Laboratory Council with elected representatives across multiple colleges; co-directors Nicolas ANTHEAUME and Hamza BENNANI have led the lab since fall 2022.

LEMNA's market position is that of a mid-sized French economics-management research unit whose credibility is anchored in HCERES external evaluations and FNEGE-labeled research outputs (two 2024 FNEGE labels for a collective research work and a higher education textbook). Distribution channels are entirely academic — peer-reviewed publications, seminars, newsletters (La Lettre du LEMNA), and conference organization — with no commercial sales motion, geographic commercial footprint, or venture funding. The lab operates as a public-good research producer within a multi-institutional French university system rather than as a commercial entity.

Name

LEMNA - Laboratoire d’Economie et de Management Nantes-Atlantique

Legal name

Laboratoire d'Economie et de Management de Nantes-Atlantique

Website

https://lemna.univ-nantes.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LEMNA is a public academic research laboratory within Nantes Université that conducts economics and management research across four thematic axes, serving the academic community through publications, seminars, doctoral training, and funded research contracts from French and European agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAHAHAO

Management Research Institutes & Doctoral (PhD/DBA) Programs

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Business Schools & Management Institutes

SECONDARYMPAJABAC

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Educational & Academic Publishing (Textbooks, Scholarly, STM)

Keywords

• Academic research laboratory
• Economics research
• Management research
• Doctoral training
• Scientific publications

Headquarters

HQ city

NANTES CEDEX 3, Pays de la Loire

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public Research Funding: LEMNA operates as a public research laboratory receiving funding through competitive research contracts from French and European agencies. Revenue is generated through managed research contracts rather than commercial activities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LEMNA is a public academic research laboratory conducting scholarly research in economics and management across four research axes: Environmental Challenges/Sea/Energy, Enterprise Evolution/Financial Markets, Digital Transformation of Organizations, and Labor Transformations. It produces academic publications, working papers, and edited volumes; organizes seminars, colloques, and workshops; and trains doctoral students. Activities are funded through public research contracts from agencies including ANR, ADEME, IFREMER, European programs, and regional councils.

Product overview

LEMNA is a university research laboratory in economics and management, not a commercial product company. Its services include research across four axes (Environmental Challenges/Mer/Energy, Enterprise Evolution/Financial Markets, Digital Transformation, and Labor Transformations), academic publications, research seminars, funded research projects, and science communication activities. The website serves as the primary communication and dissemination platform for the laboratory.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Contracted Research Projects Funded research projects executed under regional, European, ANR, ADEME, and IFREMER contracts, addressing topics such as environmental challenges, sea and energy, financial markets, digital transformation, and labor transformations.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CAPACITÉScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAPACITÉS is the engineering and research valorization subsidiary of Nantes Université. LEMNA cooperates with CAPACITÉS for research valorization activities, technology transfer, and industry collaboration.
• Nantes UniversitécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLEMNA is the economics and management research laboratory of Nantes Université, an experimental public university grouping Université de Nantes, École Centrale, École des Beaux Arts, École d'Architecture, CHU, and Inserm.
• IMT AtlantiquecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLEMNA brings together researchers from IMT Atlantique (formerly Mines Nantes) alongside those from Université de Nantes and ONIRIS.
• ONIRIS (École Nationale Vétérinaire, Agroalimentaire et de l'Alimentation Nantes-Atlantique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLEMNA brings together researchers from ONIRIS alongside those from Université de Nantes and IMT Atlantique.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• GAEL - Grenoble Applied Economics Lab: A French applied economics research laboratory at Université Grenoble Alpes. Comparable as a public research unit producing academic publications, training doctoral students, and managing ANR/European contracts in economics and management.
• EUREQUA - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne: A French economics research center at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Directly comparable as a public university research lab in economics with doctoral programs and competitive research contract management.
• GREThA - Groupe de Recherche en Économie Théorique et Appliquée: A French academic economics research laboratory at Université de Bordeaux. Directly comparable as a public university research lab in economics and management with similar structure, doctoral training, and public grant funding model.
• BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée: A French academic economics research laboratory based in Strasbourg associated with CNRS and Université de Strasbourg. Directly comparable as a multi-institutional public research lab in economics with doctoral programs and competitive grant funding.
• Paris School of Economics (PSE): A major French economics research consortium bringing together multiple Paris-area institutions. Directly comparable as a multi-institutional public research lab in economics with doctoral programs and competitive grant funding.
• Toulouse School of Economics (TSE): A leading French academic economics and management research center at Université Toulouse 1 Capitole. Comparable as a publicly funded research institution producing academic publications, training doctoral students, and managing competitive research contracts in economics.

Broad incumbents

• INSEAD: A globally recognized business school with substantial economics and management research output. Comparable in its academic research and doctoral training mission, though operating at a much larger scale with international footprint.
• OFCE - Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Économiques: A major French economic research center affiliated with Sciences Po. Comparable as an economics research institution producing academic publications and policy analysis, with broader public visibility and a wider funding base than LEMNA.
• HEC Paris: A leading French business school with a significant economics and management research faculty. Comparable in producing academic research in management and finance, training doctoral students, though operating at much larger scale with global footprint.

Regional players

• IESEG School of Management: A French business school in Lille with economics and management research activities. Comparable as a French management research institution producing academic publications, though more regionally focused with different governance structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lemna-iae-nantes

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Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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