Incentives theory suggests that compensation schemes should be analyzed along two dimensions: controllability and congruence. Most schemes cannot satisfy both criteria at once. EVA bonus schemes, a major managerial innovation of the 90’s, favor the congruence criterion. This paper questions...

This paper develops the idea of forward induction in the context of increasing returns. The situation is modeled as a game of entry with a fixed cost and no marginal cost. The recursive equations that provide the solution of the infinitely repeated game are determined and solved for various cost...

Two-player infinitely-repeated-entry games are revisited using a new Markov equilibrium concept. The idea is to have an incumbent facing a hit and run entrant. Rent dissipation no longer necessarily holds. It will not when competition is tough in case of entry. Similarities and differences with...

[fre] Dans une entreprise à structure fonctionnelle, chaque service dispose d'infor­mations privées lui permettant d'utiliser certaines marges de manœuvre en fonc­tion d'aléas connus de lui seul. Cependant, la fonction de production et les contraintes financières propres à l'ensemble de...

[eng] The governance of contractual relations competition or regulation ?. Jean-Pierre Ponssard. In his recent work, Williamson develops an argumentation to choose between different frameworks to govern contractual relations depending on various characteristics of the underlying transactions....

investors and companies are increasingly aware that climate change and its associated needs for reducing CO2 emissions are likely to impact structurally many areas of the economy. This paper offers a contribution to understand these impacts on companies' strategy, by studying management systems....