La conciliation de l'efficacité économique et de l'équité est une question importante dans le déroulement de la réalisation de projets d'infrastructures d'utilité publique, notamment en matière de transport terrestre. Elle pose la question de l'articulation du calcul économique public...

The land use conflicts occasioned by the creation or the extension of public transport networks or structures raise the question of the equality of the citizens vis-à-vis these works of public interest. In this paper, we try to understand if and how the two main fields of the public decision,...

Digital Technologies make it possible to decentrally settle institutional frameworks based on self-implementation of exclusive rights of use over information and on the self-regulation of on-line communities. Through a decentralized system of IPRs and collective rules setting of this kind agents...

The key role of institutions for economic performance has recently been acknowledged in the economic policy debate. This paper aims at pointing out the main policy lessons and the recommendations to be drawn from New Institutional Economics (NIE), when considering the organization of markets. We...

Today television programs produced by a few American companies, the Majors, are among the most popular with viewers. This dissertation examines the process of cultural uniformisation that has driven this phenomenon by focusing on commercial interactions in the global distribution market for...

Although research on social networks has gained significant influence in the academic world, several factors seem to have lowered its echo in the business world. It is still unclear how this fast-growing stream of research has translated into solid implications for managerial action and decision...