During acute humanitarian crises, the emergency is to take action in order to save as many lives as possible by setting up several human and material means very rapidly. Once the pressing emergency is over, the questions of reconstruction and rehabilitation arise, and more broadly, that of...

Classification societies play a major role in maritime safety and the regulation of the international shipping market. They have a dual mission, namely the classification and certification of ships. Paradoxically, the academic literature on the strategic behaviour of classification societies...