The relationship between the financial structure of a marketing cooperative (MC) and the requirement of the domination of control by the members is analysed from a transaction costs perspective. A MC receives less favorable terms on outside equity than a conventional firm because the decision...

In this paper, we describe an extension of the methodology for explanation generation in financial knowledge-based systems, offering the possibility to automatically generate explanations and diagnostics to support business decision tasks. The central goal is the identification of specific...

Most financial-economic decisions are made consciously, with a clear and constant drive to "good", "better" or even "optimal" decisions. Nevertheless, many decisions in practice do not earn these qualifications, despite the availability of financial economic theory, decision sciences and ample...

In this article, we specify the different approaches followed by the economists and the financial economists in order to use chaos theory. We explain the main difference using this theory with other research domains like the mathematics and the physics. Finally, we present tools necessary for...

L'économie n'est-elle pas allée trop loin ? Connaissance à la fois scientifique et capable d'orienter l'action, à la fois mathématisée et traitant du social, mêlant faits et valeurs, n'est-elle pas parvenue à dissiper tous les paradoxes de la volonté et de la représentation, et à...

This paper presents a theorical framework to model the evolution of a portfolio whose weights vary over time. Such a portfolio is called a dynamic portfolio. In a first step, considering a given investment policy, we define the set of the investable portfolios. Then, considering portfolio...

Pour comprendre comment se font les atteintes à l'environnement, la notion de risque doit être étudiée sous tous ses aspects historique, cognitif, et bien sûr quant à son appréhension sociétale. Depuis l'alerte lancée par Ulrich Beck, très nombreuses sont les réflexions à ce sujet,...