We observe for several decades a general strengthening of intellectual property rights. This environment crystallizes the tensions around patents, copyright and trademarks. We present the various factors that have contributed to this situation with a focus on the digital world and especially the...

The objective of this paper is twofold: first we use the methodology developed by Goolsbee and Klenow (2006) (G&K) that estimates the consumer's surplus of Internet's connection for France in 2005. Second, our paper challenges the initial methodology developed by G & K by using two complementary...

Given the increasingly prominent role the Internet plays in people's daily life, understanding its influence on individual well-being is crucial. Internet use yields direct utility and economic returns that may increase life satisfaction. But the Internet might also have detrimental effects...

La diffusion des TIC chez les PE demeure faible (Eurostat 2010) et pourtant parmi les applications IT, internet est pour les PE une source d'opportunités de développement de leur business (Scaglione et al. 2009). L'un des enjeux est donc de savoir si internet peut être utilisé efficacement...

This paper is the first attempt to formalize a new field of economics; studding the Intangibles Goods available on the Internet. We are taking advantage of the digital world's specific rules to propose a theory of trading & sharing unified. A function based money is created as a world-wide...

Nous présentons trois études de cas qui illustrent les nouveaux réseaux à la disposition du dirigeant de petite entreprise : importance des signaux faibles dans des clubs de dirigeants, utilisation d'Internet pour dé-problématiser la relation entre l'expert comptable et le dirigeant,...

Is there an opportunity with Internet to build new weak-link networks for sharing knowledge and developing innovation? This article describes the research carried out in a French Regional Chamber of Trade and Crafts. Our work consisted of establishing two successive interactive portals...

La gouvernance d'Internet arrive au premier plan des préoccupations internationales, mais apparaît aujourd'hui dans une impasse, à la fois au niveau pratique des régulations quotidiennes mais aussi au niveau théorique si elle ne s'appuie que sur une vision contractuelle issue de la...