L’objectif de cet article est d’analyser les politiques décentralisées menées pour développer l’attractivité de zones rurales isolées. Il combine différents outils, empruntés autant à la théorie des choix publics qu’à la microéconomie moderne, pour souligner l’importance du...

The aim of the research is to build the conceptual models proposed in the literature and compare them with the choices made by the laboratories in terms of localization of R & D and production centers. From an empirical investigation of the approaches used by major laboratories (annual reports,...

L’objectif de cet article est d’obtenir une meilleure compréhension de l’après fusion Sanofi Aventis en 2004. L’étude de cas Sanofi Aventis présentée est centrée sur les processus après-fusion. Nous avons choisi de mener une étude de type longitudinale pour comprendre les...

The typical portfolio theory does not distinguish investors and asset managers. Most of investments, however, are delegated to asset managers, which leads to an Agency problem. Moreover, the Agency problem faced by the investment industry is specific as the managers can manipulate the...

This preliminary epistemological examination is done step by step. In a first one the subject of research is outlined. On the base of this sketch follows the discussion concerning the methodological choice between applied moral philosophy and applied social science. Considering the fact of...

Our paper addresses the question of the deterrent effect of a monetary sanction associated to a collective rather than an individual liability, when crimes are realized within a hierarchical gang (defined as a criminal organization where the leader is a sleeping partner, and several agents are...

In this paper, we modelize a criminal organization as an agency where the Principal and the Agent have different sensibilities towards the risk of arrestation and punishment, and at the same time have different skills with respect to general organization tasks, crime realization or detection...

L’enseignement qui est habituellement retenu des travaux empiriques réalisés à la suite de La Porta, Lopez-de-Silanes, Shleifer et Vishny (1997), est qu’il convient de promouvoir un haut niveau de protection juridique des créanciers. A l’inverse de cette recommandation, certains pays...

Si les enjeux de l’épargne salariale (intéressement, participation légale et plans d’épargne d’entreprise) du point de vue de l’entreprise ont fait l’objet de plusieurs travaux (implication au travail, motivation des salariés, maîtrise de l’évolution de la masse salariale…),...

The research carried out is based on 330 life stories. It focuses on how the story writers mentally represent their acts. Therefore, it first highlights mental representation, a concept which has been introduced for the last 120 years in the sciences of management as a key point in decision...