News unregulated offsets are emerging as the latest form of countertrade. A theory of countertrade evolution is proposed. Level of economic development is a key variable. Countertrade impacts on export firms are then deducted. Three case studies show a sucessful management of the « New offsets ».

By introducing a structure of the balance sheets of the banks, which takes into account their bilateral exposures in terms of stocks or lendings, we get a structural model for default analysis. This model allows us to distinguish the exogenous and endogenous default dependence. We prove the...

À l'heure où les pouvoirs publics privilégient le « dialogue social » pour la mise en oeuvre de leurs politiques d'emploi et favorisent ainsi tant la négociation interprofessionnelle que la négociation d'entreprise, on peut s'interroger sur la place laissée à la branche, historiquement...

This research seeks to explore some aspects of how control operates as a package of control practices (Malmi and Brown 2008 ; Ahrens & Chapman 2007 a, Chenhall 2003). Given the pervasiveness of technology use today, we aim at developing an approach that takes into account the role of technology....

This article is a contribution to the study of the spread of management innovations, methods and rhetorics. It particularly concerns the influence of ideological and political factors, which have so far mostly escaped in-depth study. In particular, we seek to understand to what extent a critique...