The purpose of this study is to prepare a diffusion model of the new international accounting standards known as the IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards). This model fits within the neo-institutional conceptual framework; more specifically, we used the DiMaggio/Powell analytical...

This article aims to provide a longitudinal presentation of developments in Romanian accounting during the 20th century and to propose a neo-institutional explanation of this evolution. The historical research methodology employed here is complex. We use a constructive research philosophy, an...

The contemporary tensions between patents and competition no longer reside in the traditional trade-off between the exclusionary right given to an inventor to encourage innovation, and the welfare loss induced by the market power associated to this right. They rather result from three important...

Cette seconde partie de l'ouvrage "Formations et Emplois qualifiés. Les transformations dans le bâtiment en France et au Royaume-Uni" est consacrée à l'analyse des dynamiques d'entreprises avec l'objectif de comprendre pourquoi en France, il semble normal que la formation alternée des...

The contemporary tensions between patents and competition no longer reside in the traditional trade-off between the exclusionary right given to an inventor to encourage innovation, and the welfare loss induced by the market power associated to this right. They rather result from three important...

This paper attempts to re-examine the notion of equality, going beyond the classic opposition in France between affirmative action and meritocratic equality. Hence, we propose shifting the French debate about equality of opportunities in education to the question of how to raise equality of...