La nécessité d'offrir une couverture universelle pour les soins essentiels est une valeur généralement reconnue. Toutefois, les coûts de santé sont devenus une préoccupation majeure des gouvernements de l'OCDE. Les dépenses en santé augmentent plus rapidement que la richesse dans de...

In the absence of change to the income security system, more than 50% of workers moving toward retirement, with salaries on both sides of the median, will have to reduce significantly their standard of living. For the workers who rely strictly on the Old Age Pension and the Quebec Pension Plan,...

This report is part of a research project conducted by the University of Sherbrooke and the Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations (CIRANO). Its main purpose is to propose a framework agreement to govern the negotiation and conclusion of Product Listing Agreements...

Electronic commerce development, especially since the emergence of direct Internet sales to customers, often comes with the prevailing opinion that, in order to preserve their market share, firms must develop abilities to sell on-line. However, in practice, companies often mention the fear of...

The objective of this paper is to analyze the process by which young Canadians decide to leave high school and to situate it in the context of the value of a high school diploma over the 1981-1998 period, conditional on not pursuing post-secondary education. Evidence from the 1981-96 Canadian...

In 1997, the Canadian government signed two new copyright-related international treaties adopted by the UN's World Intellectual Protection Organization (WIPO) in December 1996: the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT). The objective of this paper is...

Ce document vise à décrire les règles de négociation prévue dans le cadre du marché électronique des copeaux de bois. Il s'agit d'une version préliminaire qui doit être validée par les participants de l'industrie. Un document complet et final décriera les règles de fonctionnement qui...

With the collaboration of Benoit Aubert Indeed, the complexity of the concept of risk involves the need for high-level tools in order to allow for effective management. The goal of this document is to acquire a global perspective on the principal risk software. By establishing an analysis grid,...