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Changing business perceptions regarding biodiversity: from impact mitigation towards new strategies and practices

Houdet, Joël; Trommetter, Michel; Weber, Jacques - HAL - 2009

Business activities play a major role in biodiversity loss and, as a result, firms are under increasing pressures from … stakeholders to reduce their negative impacts on living systems. In response, business attitudes, behaviors and strategies … regarding biodiversity are progressively changing, suggesting that interactions between business and biodiversity could go …

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Accounting for changes in biodiversity and ecosystem services from a business perspective

Houdet, Joël; Pavageau, Charlotte; Trommetter, Michel; … - HAL - 2009

a business perspective. First, we seek to analyze how Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) may be used by firms to … changes in business accounting and reporting standards. Because this would imply significant changes in business information …

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A Rational Irrational Man?

Harin, Alexander - HAL - 2006

A man is a key subject of economics. “A man is irrational” - this opinion can be made from Allais paradox, risk aversion and other well-known fundamental problems. For a long time, this opinion was a barrier to proper solution of these problems and the development of the economics. A...

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Economic impacts of public subsidies on young innovating SME's performances: the case of the French National Competition for creation of New Technology-based Firms

Guichard, Renelle; Gallié, Emilie-Pauline; Benslimane, … - HAL - 2009

Faced with the technological changes and with the rise of international competition, the competitiveness of firms is based more and more on innovation. In this context, the new innovating firms are regarded as source of competitive dynamism. However, these firms encounter difficulties to finance...

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"Competitiveness clusters and new approaches to public research: uncertainties in the development of the Triple Helix in France"

Lefebvre, Philippe; Pallez, Frédérique; Fixari, Daniel - HAL - 2009

The importance of proximity in the field of innovation has been highlighted, notably, in studies on the Triple Helix which emphasize the growing role of the third mission of the universities, namely, regional economic development. Using an empirical approach, we have attempted to gain an insight...

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Linking competitiveness clusters with public higher education and research: the French puzzle

Lefebvre, Philippe; Pallez, Frédérique; Fixari, Daniel - HAL - 2011

The importance of proximity in the field of innovation has been highlighted, notably, in studies which emphasize the growing role of the third mission of the universities, namely, regional economic development. Using an empirical approach, we have attempted to gain an insight into the ways in...

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Counterproductive Environmental Performance Displays: Lessons from the Automotive Sector

Parguel, Béatrice; Benoît-Moreau, Florence - HAL - 2013

Using classical models of information processing and persuasion, this study examines the efficiency of European Directive 1999/94/EC, pertaining to automotive carbon emission information, as a means to encourage more sustainable consumption patterns. The Directive requires European carmakers to...

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A financial impact analysis of market conditions and policy measures on total costs of vehicle ownership

Windisch, Elisabeth - HAL - 2011

A range of electric vehicle policy-, market condition-, and user/usage specification scenarios is modeled in order to derive total costs of ownership (TCO) of electric vehicles (EVs) compared to conventional vehicles (CVs). Special importance is given to user and territorial characteristics that...

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The New Economy in Germany and the United States: Policy Challenges and Solutions.

Audretsch, David; Bank, Matthias; Carree, Martin; … - HAL - 2002

The American Institute of Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) assembled a group of researchers and policy makers in Germany and the United States to identify research and policy issues posed by the transformation we have come to call the new economy. This paper, which is the product of their...

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The Evolution of the French Public Policy to Promote Biotech Innovation : The Case of Genomics

Branciard, Anne; Mangematin, Vincent - HAL - 2001

European Biotechnology companies and public policy-makers face to a number of crucial problems related to the development of Biotechnology in Europe : European industrial competitiveness, the relative under-exploitation of the European science base in Biotechnology, poor technology transfer...

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