During this interview, Joel Metais retraces the milestones in the history of the financial industry, suffering under the constraints, as least as far as retail banks are concerned, of rules and regulations constituting thinly veiled protectionism, which in Europe has at last begun to give way to...

Purpose – This paper focuses on the decision by firms to commit and to invest unilaterally. It is concerned with the intriguing question as to whether unilateral commitments are mechanisms that help a firm manage risks in alliance relationships in a proactive manner....

Strategic alliances are characterized by inherent instability arising from uncertainty regarding a partner’s future behaviour and the absence of a higher authority to ensure compliance. Consequently, when firms adopt these strategies, they are confronted with a relational risk. This paper...

6TThere are major difficulties associated with measurement of each of the four modes of services trade delivery as defined in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) : cross-border supply, consumption abroad, commercial presence, and movement of natural persons. The...

6TThere are major difficulties associated with measurement of each of the four modes of services trade delivery as defined in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) : cross-border supply, consumption abroad, commercial presence, and movement of natural persons. The...