The literature on R&D collaboration highlights a broad set of rationales for allying with other organizations. At the same time, it has been reported that there exists a large variety of forms of collaboration. Nevertheless, the relation between the motives to collaborate and the different forms...

The aim of this paper is to explore the heterogeneity in R&D collaborations and of their determinants and motives. Using a recent French survey on research and innovation relations, we first show the heterogeneity of such relations thanks to a typology of their characteristics: their nature...

Le recentrage traduit la tendance des grands groupes à se construire sur des marchés dominables. Il est le produit d’un faisceau de contraintes : sélection des investissements dans un univers concurrentiel mondialisé, rentabilisation du capital employé, captation de la rente pour des...

le gouvernement d'entreprise peut être considéré comme un descendant de la réorganisation de l'industrie de la gestion collective car il en hérite les principes d'organisation.

This paper analyzes the interactions between vertical integration and (wholesale) spot, forward and retail markets in risk management. We develop an equilibrium model that fits electricity markets well. We point out that vertical integration and forward hedging are two separate levers for demand...

The purpose of this article is to analyse the developmental process of co-operative inter-organizational relationships that entails transactions between French firms and Moroccan subcontractors. The examined industries are : chemical, textile, agrobusiness, mechanic engineering, metallurgical...