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...

While mobile data services in Europe have failed to trigger fresh growth in the mobile telecommunications market to-date, Japan and Korea are now considered the "champions" of mobile multimedia services. Through identification and analysis of success factors in these two countries, this paper...

The development of shale gas and oil in the United States is a major event in the energy sphere, but also in the dynamics of globalization and geopolitics in the coming decades. This evolution is an alert for Europeans as regards their energy policy, as well as their industrial policy. It...

In a world where climate change has become a proven reality, it is clear that global energy consumption is currently on an unsustainable path. Humankind's insatiable appetite for energy has sparked a new crisis, and there is a deep uncertainty about what the long term physical, economic and...

Dans l'objectif d'instaurer une politique énergétique responsable, les auteurs examinent les principales qualités que doivent avoir les filières énergétiques à développer en matière de sécurité, de prix et de respect de l'environnement. Autant d'orientations qui doivent s'inscrire...