Online consumer reviews (OCR) are conceptualized as a specific form of online word-Of-Mouth, gathering both positive and negative information, numerical (ratings) and textual (comments) information, and which are driven by consumers for consumers on Internet plateforms. In this dissertation, we...

This thesis deals with social inequalities in health-Related behaviours such as lifestyle risk factors for health (precisely, obesity and alcohol consumption) and the utilisation of health care services, in a number of OECD countries. This work relies on an applied micro-Economics approach,...

Nous vivons un choc numérique, qui n'est plus une déformation lente, mais une rupture brutale, planétaire, rapide et globale. Aucun secteur, aucune activité ne sont épargnés. Mobilité, outils collaboratifs, objets connectés, big data… le monde numérique est là et irrigue toutes les...

It is now being assumed — without strong feelings or controversy — that thousands of intelligent objects will be connected to the Internet in the near future. These prospects might gladden hearts or scare weaker souls. They are, day after day, ever more likely ...

Les marchés de matières premières sont marqués par deux principales tendances : la modification de leur organisation industrielle et leur financiarisation. Mais celles-ci s'intègrent elles-mêmes dans des bouleversements économiques, comme la mondialisation des échanges et la montée des...

Background: In France, equality in access to screening has been one of the main thrusts of public policies implemented between 2009 and 2013 (the national cancer plan). Our aim in this study was to analyse the obstacles to and levers for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening uptake...

Can the digital sector relaunch France’s national economy ? For a few years now, this question has nagged experts and spawned topquality reports. Despite their relevance, these documents all err by too simply separating the “new technology”, adorned with all virtues and loaded with...

L'automobile a conquis le monde. Instrument de liberté, pourvoyeur d'emplois et de croissance, objet souvent statutaire, l'automobile traverse une crise en Europe notamment. Son succès est désormais planétaire mais quel est son avenir ? Sera-t-elle demain aussi désirée qu'hier ? Pour...