There is growing evidence that social pressure shapes firms' behavior. Given how sensitive communities are to downsizing, this suggests that firms are likely to be under strong social pressure when considering reducing employment. Using French linked employer-employee data, we show that social...

The unfolding model of voluntary turnover, as tested by Niederman et al. [1], surprisingly appears to only capture 12% of the job leavers in IT, whereas when applied to other occupational groups, such as accountant or nurses, this ratio is much higher (respectively 92% and 77%). To address this...

This article provides jet fuel demand projections at the worldwide level and for eight geographical zones until 2025. Air traffic forecasts are performed using dynamic panel-data econometrics. Then, the conversion of air traffic projections into quantities of jet fuel is accomplished by using a...

Companies operate in an environment increasingly demanding in terms of flexibility and reactivity. The introduction of the entities resulting from Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI) and Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) in the management of enterprises prove to be an interesting technology to...

This article analyses energy efficiency coefficients and their evolution in the air transport sector. The proposed ’macro-level’ methodology allows obtaining energy efficiency coefficients and their growth rates (corresponding to the evolution of energy gains) from 1983 to 2006 for eight...

The aim of this article is to investigate whether anticipated technological progress can be expected to be strong enough to offset carbon dioxide (CO2)emissions resulting from the rapid growth of air transport. Aviation CO2 emissions projections are provided at the worldwide level and for eight...

Cet article a pour objectif de présenter l'intérêt d'une théorie du quiproquo pour l'analyse, la compréhension et le pilotage des situations de conduite à risques. Dans cette optique, nous proposerons une nouvelle analyse d'une catastrophe bien connue : il s'agit de l'accident le plus...

This research aims at studying the adaptation of an inter-organisational control configuration (in terms of strategy, structure and control) to the evolutions of the environment. The empirical research is based on a case study of a civil aerospace engine maker called Aeromotor. This motorist has...

With the end of the Cold War, U.S. defence systems integrators have refocused on the core of their business, military or governmental. Boeing has been the only integrator that has maintained a dual civil-military business and that has even managed to build on this duality. The article uses the...