The mimetism observed on financial market is often explained by an individual choice. These explanations do not consider social influences of norms, organization and institutions. We propose to analyze the social roots of financial imitation by considering decision done by mutual funds’...

The location of financial activities is traditionally characterized by a great deal of inertia. However, the boom in new information and communication technologies, the globalization of economies and the 2007-08 financial crisis have considerably modified the geography of finance. Financial...

With financial globalization, there has been a thorough reorganization of financial activities. A new geography of finance has emerged with, first of all, activities being transferred from the historical heart of big cities to the peripheral areas. Alternative asset management that has emerged...