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Optimizing the date of an upgrading investment in a data network

Morlot, Frédéric; Fourestié, Benoît; Elayoubi, … - HAL - 2007

Due to the introduction of new services, the volume of data transferred in mobile networks is rapidly growing and operators periodically face the necessity to upgrade their network. Such upgrades allow them to increase the capacity and provide adequate Quality of Service (QoS). In this paper we...

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Comment optimiser l'achat de transport à valeur ajoutée ? Le cas de Roche Diagnostics France

Fanget, Coralie - HAL - 2013

Une entreprise qui fonde sa stratégie sur la différenciation par le haut se doit de respecter un certain nombre d'engagements permettant de légitimer sa position. En effet, sur un marché concurrentiel, un positionnement haut de gamme doit pouvoir se justifier aux yeux des clients par une...

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Is customer satisfaction a relevant metric for financial analysts?

Ngobo, Paul-Valentin; Casta, Jean-François; Ramond, Olivier - HAL - 2012

This study examines the effects of customer satisfaction on analysts' earnings forecast errors. Based on a sample of analysts following companies measured by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), we find that customer satisfaction reduces earnings forecast errors. However, analysts...

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Does Customer Satisfaction lead to Accurate Earnings Forecasts?

Casta, Jean-François; Ramond, Olivier; Ngobo, Paul-Valentin - HAL - 2009

This paper examines the usefulness of customer satisfaction to analysts when preparing their earnings forecasts. We draw on theory in marketing to predict how customer satisfaction should be associated with earnings forecasts and forecast errors. We assembled a dataset of companies studied in...

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The importance of design for firms' competitiveness: a review of the literature

D'Ippolito, Beatrice - HAL - 2014

Scholars dedicated increasing attention towards appreciating how design has changed individuals' perception of new products, firms' understanding and formulation of strategy, or other relevant actors' approach to innovation and technology management. By emphasising the importance of design for...

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Creating value : the case of iPhone's launch on the French market

Moreno, Christina; Besson, Madeleine - HAL - 2009

Major theoretical contributions have recently advocated a paradigm shift to a "new dominant logic for marketing", integrating customer-to-customer interactions and balancing "high tech and high touch" services. In this paper we attempt to illustrate the relevance of such a framework to...

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Do strategic partnerships create value? "The empirical case of SBF 250 firms"

Saci, Fateh; Aliouat, Boualem - HAL - 2014

Strategic partnerships are theoretically now considered as real levers of value creation. This value creation takes different forms . The objective of our research, after analyzing the results of empirical works focused on the acquisitions announcements impact on the stock market performance and...

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Return migrants : The rise of new entrepreneurs in rural China

Démurger, Sylvie; Xu, Hui - HAL - 2011

This paper analyzes return migrants' occupational choice upon their return to their home village, by using an original rural household survey conducted in Wuwei county (Anhui province, China) in 2008. We apply two complementary approaches : a horizontal comparative analysis of occupational...

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Entrepreneurship and Rent-Seeking Behavior

Dejardin, Marcus - HAL - 2011

entrepreneurship and rent-seeking behavior. It comprises the introduction of employed concepts, the discussion of the allocation of … entrepreneurs between different types of economic projects, namely between innovative entrepreneurship and rent-seeking, as well as … the explicative factors of the allocation. Interactions between entrepreneurship, rent-seeking and growth are considered …

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Financial development, entrepreneurship and job satisfaction

Bianchi, Milo - HAL - 2008

This paper shows that utility differences between the self-employed and the employees increase with financial development. This effect is not explained by increased profits but by an increased value of non- monetary benefits, in particular job independence. We interpret these findings by...

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