This paper is part of an investigation to evaluate the benefits of landscape policies. Such policies are, within a specific area (here the Monts d?Arrée in Brittany), favouring some landscape attributes. We test out a procedure based on a double device. The first one relies on the choice...

We all have become aware of the essential contribution of ecosystems to the human welfare. This is a strong driver for taking into account ecosystem services within decision processes. But the connection between ecosystems and theirs services is frequently neither readily apparent nor easy to...

The region of Aquitaine, located in south-west of France, has implemented a climate plan for the period 2007-2013 in order to avoid 2 883 ktCO2eq per year for 2013. But this region is an important place of transit’s flow between northern Europe and southern Europe. The share of goods transport...

[fre] La forêt reste la destination de loisirs privilégiée des Français. Face à la croissance de la demande, la loi d'orientation sur la forêt de 200 1 se tourne vers les forêts privées. Pour assurer la compatibilité de l'ouverture récréative avec les autres fonctions de la forêt,...

The paper aims to question the pertinence and the grounds of technological policies at infra national level. The research combines the contribution of knowledge economics to approaches dealing with the location of activities. The first part of the paper looks through the argumentation accounting...

The paper analyses the role of institutional investors in the car industry, using original data on their investments in the world\'s top 16 car companies. It reveals the limitations of \"globalised Finance\" in this sector and the permanence of national proximity. Institutional investors\'...

We present the basic mechanisms of Genetic Algorithms and some significant applications of these algorithms in economics. The article also provides a representative reference list on this topic.