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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...
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The concept of a barrier to entry has been discussed least since Bain [1956] with important contributions by Spence [1977], Dixit [1980] and Milgrom-Roberts [1982]. The more recent discussion is synthesized in the contributions to a dedicated session at the 2004 AEA meeting. Yet, a 'barrier to...
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L’objectif de cette communication est de proposer un cadre d’analyse de l’évolution des relations partenariales. Ce …’étude des facteurs explicatifs influençant la relation partenariale : son évolution apparaît ainsi conditionnée par l … -ci est alors vue comme ayant sa logique propre et son évolution peut être éclairée par une étude de la nature des forces …
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In 'The Methodology of Positive Economics' (1953), Milton Friedman linked the adoption of a falsificationist methodology to the rejection of monopolistic competition as a valid assumption, thus elaborating a point made earlier by George Stigler in 'Monopolistic Competition in Retrospect' (1949)....
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Can the process of change be deliberate, planned and controlled in an organisation? Does the management of change within an organisation consist in fighting the forces of resistance and stability? Not necessarily. Change creates unforeseen confrontation between the organisation and its actors....
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Are management tools instrumental of socialisation and of behavioural control or can they be vectors of change? Based on four examples of the change process in companies, the author reflects on the nature and the role of management tools, considered as sources, supports or even consequences of...
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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...
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This paper aims at understanding whether firms should engage in CSR communications towards consumers, or let independent third parties do so. A generalisable sample of 275 adults participated in an experiment, manipulating third-parties credible information (positive information, negative, or...
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