In mid-2010, France will open market competition to online gambling and casinos. The market is opening as European law evolves and reacts to the growing number of illegal Internet sites. The ensuing new legal scope targets quality-based competition versus price-oriented competition, especially...

Si la libéralisation des industries électriques appelle la très longue durée, tant est complexe cette industrie, les Européens attendent, au bout de quinze années, des bénéfices identifiables en matière de prix, d’innovation dans les services associés, de performance environnementale...

Cet article porte sur les transformations en cours du corporate governance au Japon, domaine d'observation privilégié de la crise nippone au cours de la décennie quatre-vingt-dix. Ce travail s'inscrit dans un courant plus large de travaux cherchant à analyser la transition d'un système de...

The aim of our paper is to determine the efficiency of the asymmetric regulation of the Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs) in a market where the firms are differentiated in size and with commercial offers that include calling club effects. Major regulatory issues are related to these analyses,...

ICT is a key performance factor in developed countries. This PhD thesis focuses on the adoption of ICTs and their impact on the performance of manufacturing SMEs in a developing country. Following a first part covering the theoretical and conceptual framework, the rest of the thesis is organized...

This paper presents an empirical study of the impacts of mobile termination rate (MTR) regulation on European mobile operator performance. It examines the effects of both glide path and asymmetric regulation on incumbents as well as new entrants to this market using a dynamic econometric model...

Two television channels compete on programming with respect to both program profile and program quality. At the equilibrium, program diversity and program quality depend on the characteristics of quality competition. We elaborate a model of differentiation to study this phenomenon. We determine...

This paper presents a descriptive case study of the new entrants' strategies on the French DSL market, applying the theoretical framework of real options. It is shown that two main strategies have been built around different analyses of the fixed incumbent operator's wholesale offer. The first...