We show that some influential literature supporting the RPM efficiency view is flawed when it relies on the presale service justification for RPM. In particular we consider presale services that do not modify in use value of a good, what we term sterile services. We debunk what we call the Bork...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate with real data the enhanced statistical power of a GLS-based event study methodology that requires the same input data as the traditional tests. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses full sample, subsample and simulated modified...

The Brazilian privatization program raised about US$100 billion as a result of the sale of state-owned firms and assets over the period 1990 to 2001. Despite official claims that the privatization auctions were successful in revenue raising, statistical evidence suggests that the buyers, not the...

Product information which is beneficial for an individual consumer may hurt if disseminated widely. Even with rational expectations, a fallacy of composition may occur if information leads to demand and price increases.

We use the Korean Financial Crisis as a natural laboratory for examining interactions among firm diversification, equilibrium capital structure and tail probability events. When the crisis hit in 1997, several major firms, including a large number of highly leveraged conglomerates (Chaebols),...

Le Québec a fait du Projet (Clinique) le pivot de son système de santé. Si sur le plan stratégique cela dénote une certaine audace, sur le terrain le Projet Clinique tarde à s¹implanter. Bien que le management de projet soit une approche de gestion privilégiée par le Ministère de la...

In the 1980’s, project management has grown exceptionally and many companies have adopted principles and methods of project management. These methods (WBS, Gantt, PERT...) addressed individual projects and project management focus on the performance of individual projects. In the 1990’s...

Ce document de travail pour objectif de montrer comment le gestionnaire engagé dans une décision courageuse régule ses émotions. À partir d’une recherche empirique réalisée auprès de gestionnaires ayant réalisé des projets de fusion d’entreprises, nous avons réalisé une...

Malgré le nombre grandissant de publications sur l’implémentation de la gestion de projet et sa valeur pour les organisations, il y a peu d’études de cas explorant la valeur de l’implémentation de la gestion de projet dans le contexte particulier des instituts de recherche. Cette...