This article shows how European courts have managed tensions between antitrust and intellectual protection in three areas: (1) Parallel imports and market segmentation; (2) Refusals to supply essential inputs protected by patents and copyrights; (3) Forms of conduct by copyright collectives.

In recent years, there has been a rising concern about the policy of major search engines, and more specifically about their ranking in so-called organic results corresponding to keywords searches. The associated proposition is that their behavior should be regulated. The concern comes from...

This paper aims to investigate the transition to a new energy system based on hydrogen in the European liberalized framework. After analyzing the literature on the hydrogen infrastructure needs in Europe, we estimate the size and scope of the transition challenge.We take the theoretical...

This paper aims to investigate the transition to a new energy system based on hydrogen in the European liberalized framework. After analyzing the literature on the hydrogen infrastructure needs in Europe, we estimate the size and scope of the transition challenge. We take the theoretical...

Après des débuts hésitants, le B to C connaît désormais un réel essor qui s'accompagne cependant de ruptures, notamment sur le plan logistique. L'offre de services se développe, en particulier celle des prestataires spécialisés en livraisons urbaines. L'objectif de notre communication...

In this paper, a modelling framework to complete the recent scientific works on urban goods modelling is proposed. More precisely, we introduce a substitution procedure that estimates the number of trips and the corresponding travelled distances for shopping drive, home delivery and reception...

The purpose of this paper is to offer customer relationship insights in what is a fast developing new e-commerce development strategy. We examine the potential synergies between digital social networks (DSN) and e-commerce websites, thus bringing e-commerce and DSN websites into the same...

Avec l'évolution des technologies, les entreprises doivent s'adapter au nouveau concept de commerce électronique; les clients aussi. Comment garder leur confiance et ce, au bout des doigts. Ce texte présente un cadre conceptuel de la certification de conformité des sites Web ainsi qu'une...

Cet article présente la recherche qui a mené au développement d'une communauté virtuelle pour les petits et moyens cabinets d'experts-comptables du Québec. Un modèle théorique a été développé. Celui-ci a été validé par le biais d'une enquête. Les réponses obtenues ont conduit au...

Increasingly, store-based retailers are opening an additional online sales channel and becoming multi-channel retailers. The integration of these different channels raises the question how to redefine the strategic marketing elements and the operations, as the two channels have different...