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Project Financing when the Principal Cannot Commit

Boyer, M. Martin - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2001

nature sont le produit de l'absence d'engagement de la part du principal qui doit utiliser ces signaux coûteux afin de …

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Dynamic Prevention in Short Term Insurance Contracts

Boyer, M. Martin; Gobert, Karine - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2001

problème d'engagement puisqu'ils voudraient renégocier le contrat ou changer d'assureur après que l'assureur initial a investi …

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Better Observability Promotes the Adoption of More Flexible Technologies

Boyer, Marcel; Jacques, Armel; Moreaux, Michel - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1998

We study in this paper how the technological flexibility choices and equilibrium configurations depend first on the industry characteristics (demand function and cost parameters specific to the multiproduct flexible technology and to the product dedicated technologies) and, second, on the...

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On the Mediational Role of Feelings of Self-Determination in the Workplace: Further Evidence and Generalization

Blais, Marc R.; Brière, Nathalie M. - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2002

The goals of this study were to extend and to verify the generalizability of Deci et al.'s (1989) results, and to test the validity of a preliminary quality of worklife model in which feelings of self-determination play a key mediational role. This model states that informational and controlling...

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Dynamique Motivationnelle de l'Épuisement et du Bien-être chez des Enseignants Africains

Blais, Marc R.; Hess, Ursula; Levesque, Manon - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2002

This study examines the links between antecedents and consequences of Gabonese teachers' work motivation (N= 152). The … generalizability for the MMJB and SDT. Cette étude examine la nature des liens entre des antécédents et conséquences de la motivation …'attachement, plus la motivation des employés sera autodéterminée. Plus la motivation sera autodéterminée, meilleure sera la satisfaction …

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Servir les clients avec le sourire : un cadre motivationnel pour mieux prédire les stratégies de régulation émotionnelle

Lépine, Marie-Claude; Cossette, Michel - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2010

, customers' loyalty, etc.). Although motivation was proposed as an emotional labour predictor, measurement issues of this concept … (n = 223) a scale measuring motivation to regulate emotions at work. Confirmatory Factor Analyses supported globally the … presence of the different types of motivation postulated by the Self-determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985). Moreover, deep …

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IT Outsourcing Risk Management at British Petroleum

Aubert, Benoit A.; Patry, Michel; Rivard, Suzanne; … - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2000

This paper reports the results of a study of three successive IT outsourcing contracts at British Petroleum (BP). We offer an operational definition of IT outsourcing risk and use it to assess the risk exposure associated with each contract. We then examine how the management at BP dealt with...

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Managing IT Outsourcing Risk: Lessons Learned

Aubert, Benoit A.; Patry, Michel; Rivard, Suzanne - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2001

This document takes stock from several studies on outsourcing risk. A definition of risk is offered and illustration from many case studies is used to show how risk can be managed. Results show that an active risk management approach can reduce risk exposure subtantially while enabling the...

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The Structure of Incentives in a Major Information Systems Outsourcing Contract: The Case of a North American Public Organization

Aubert, Benoit A.; Patry, Michel; Rivard, Suzanne - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1995

We use agency theory to shed light on a complex, multi-year outsourcing contract between an important public organization and three major information services outsourcers. The contractual arrangement shows that innovative contracts can be drawn that reduce the scope of supplier opportunism. Nous...

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The Illusion of Trust and Performance

Aubert, Benoit A.; Kelsey, Barbara L. - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2000

Trust has been deemed to be critical in ensuring the efficient operation of virtual teams and organizations. This study empirically verified ability and integrity as being antecedents of trust formation in virtual teams. However, effective team performance was found to be independent of the...

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