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How to improve pupils' literacy? A cost-effectiveness analysis of a French educational project

Massoni, Sébastien; Vergnaud, Jean-Christophe - HAL - 2012

The Action Lecture program is an innovative teaching method run in some nursery and primary schools in Paris and designed to improve pupils' literacy. We report the results of an evaluation of this program. We describe the experimental protocol that was built to estimate the program's impact on...

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Bridging the Learning Gap in the Market for Higher Education: E-learning and Public Subsidies

Youssef, Adel Ben; Letexier, Thomas; Ragni, Ludovic - HAL - 2011

This article aims at analyzing the adoption patterns which apply on the market for higher education when two types of learning organizations - namely, traditional learning and e-learning organizations - provide educational programs. We focus on the impact of public subsidies to e-learning...

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The influence of demand variability on the performance of a make-to-stock queue

Jemai, Z.; Karaesmen, F. - HAL - 2005

, previous results indicate that demand variability causes a performance degradation in terms of inventory related costs when … to an augmentation of optimal base-stock levels and to a corresponding increase in optimal inventory related costs. We …

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Product Specific Rules of Origin in EU and US Preferential Trading Arrangements: An Assessment

Carrere, Céline; Cadot, Olivier; De, Jaime Melo; … - HAL - 2011

effects across countries subjected to some set of PSRO and to compute estimates of the compliance costs associated with rules …

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Taxation and the international strategy of Japanese multinational enterprises

Azemar, Céline; Corcos, Grégory; Delios, Andrew - HAL - 2006

This paper analyzes the effect of statutory tax rates on the location of Japanese capital in emerging countries. Considering the fact that the difference between Japan and foreign tax rates can engender transfer pricing manipulation to diminish tax liabilities, and that some firms are more able...

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The setting of a coalition contract between controlling shareholder, managers and employees: How to mix incentive and political logics?

Bruslerie, Hubert De La - HAL - 2011

. In this paper, the setting of a coalition contract is done by awarding stocks to managers and employees. This article … the initial dominant shareholder with managers and employees. It is shown that the two logics are not opposite but …. The initial controlling shareholder "buys" efficient efforts by awarding a stake of capital to managers or employees, but …

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Taxation and the international strategy of Japanese multinational enterprises

Azemar, Céline; Corcos, Grégory; Delios, Andrew - HAL - 2006

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Ownership concentration and firm performance: Evidence from an emerging market

Grosfeld, Irena - HAL - 2006

The initial view of the advantages of ownership concentration in joint stock companies was determined by the concern about the opportunistic managerial behavior. The growing importance of knowledge and human capital in the operation of firms shifts the focus of concern: excessive ownership...

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Large shareholders and firm value: Are high-tech firms different?

Grosfeld, Irena - HAL - 2009

This paper explores the relationship between ownership structure and firm value in a transition economy. It distinguishes firms belonging to the sector of innovative technologies and firms from more "traditional" industries. For the latter, the results of the estimation of a simultaneous...

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Seasoned equity issues in a closely held market: evidence from France

Ginglinger, Edith; Gajewski, Jean-François - HAL - 2002

This paper examines seasoned equity offerings in France. Even though a rightsoffering is the primary flotation method, French companies are increasingly using therelatively expensive public offering method. We show that the market reaction to theannouncement of seasoned equity issues is...

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