Recent reforms of European pension schemes have largely taken the American system as a reference.The remarks which follow are aimed at understanding the origins of such a persistent belief in the virtues of the pension funds. The analysis brings out the role played by their legal structure, the...

This article examines the mechanisms of ascription of responsibility in organizations, in a context of growing concerns about risk prevention and management. It is argued that the increasing appeal to professional knowledge and expertise, combined with a decline of trust in professional...

D’Adam Smith à Harrison White, la concurrence a été vue comme principalement oligopolistique et le milieu social sous-jacent a été conçu comme ayant une importance essentielle dans ce type de concurrence. Il existe des nterdépendances entre entrepreneurs concurrents, ainsi qu’une...