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Short-term forecasts of French GDP: A dynamic factor model with targeted predictors

Bessec, Marie - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013

In recent years, factor models have received increasing attention from both econometricians and practitioners in the forecasting of macroeconomic variables. In this context, Bai and Ng (2008) find an improvement in selecting indicators according to the forecast variable prior to factor...

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Adaptive Monte Carlo on multivariate binary sampling spaces

Schäfer, Christian; Chopin, Nicolas - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

A Monte Carlo algorithm is said to be adaptive if it can adjust automatically its current proposal distribution, using past simulations. The choice of the parametric family that defines the set of proposal distributions is critical for a good performance. We treat the problem of constructing...

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Sequential Monte Carlo on large binary sampling spaces

Schäfer, Christian; Chopin, Nicolas - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013

A Monte Carlo algorithm is said to be adaptive if it automatically calibrates its current proposal distribution using past simulations. The choice of the parametric family that defines the set of proposal distributions is critical for a good performance. In this paper, we present such a...

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The role of actor-networks in the diffusion of management accounting innovations: a comparative study of budgetary control, GP method and Activity-Based Costing in France

Berland, Nicolas; Levant, Yves; Alcouffe, Simon - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008

This research is concerned with the diffusion of management accounting innovations viewed as a process of actor … Activity-Based Costing (ABC). We are particularly concerned with the dynamic of actor-networks throughout the diffusion … very surprising, forms for diffusion to occur. …

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De l'invention à la diffusion : la poursuite de la construction d'une innovation managériale

Canet, Emilie - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012

L'objectif de ce papier est de proposer un cadre d’analyse d’une période particulière du cycle de vie des innovations managériales, qui n'est pas traitée habituellement dans la littérature. Nous nous concentrons sur le passage d'un modèle contextuel à un modèle établi (David et...

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Influence de la profession comptable sur la diffusion des coûts standard en Grande-Bretagne et en France : 1880-1950

Berland, Nicolas; Boyns, Trevor; Zimnovitch, Henri - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2002

Standard costing was developed during the early years of the twentieth century in connection with the rise of scientific management. Such research as has been carried out into the adoption of this technique suggests that European firms lagged well behind their American counterparts in its...

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Les sciences sociales au service du débat démocratique au Sud : enjeux, supports, retombées. Résultats d'expériences dans le champ de l'économie et de la statistique

Roubaud, François; Razafindrakoto, Mireille; Herrera, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013

While researchers are increasingly encouraged to refocus their publishing activities towards so called “excellence” academic journals, the question of knowledge dissemination and its role in developing countries becomes more acute. This dilemma, whereby any scientist is confronted, affects...

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The influence of the accounting profession on the dissemination of costing in Great Britain & France: 1880-1950

Berland, Nicolas; Boyns, Trevor; Zimnovitch, Henri - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2002

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Les facteurs de diffusion des innovations managériales en comptabilité et contrôle de gestion : une étude comparative

Alcouffe, Simon; Berland, Nicolas; Levant, Yves - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2003

What are the determinants of accounting and management control innovations diffusion ? This paper attempts to answer … study of the diffusion of three innovations of this kind in France. Several kinds of actors, communication channels and … contextual factors are found to impact the diffusion of Activity-Based Costing, budgetary control and the « Georges Perrin …

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Language and thinking in organization studies: the visibility of French OS production in the Anglo-Saxon OS field

Chanlat, Jean-François - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between language, thinking and society for explaining the degree of visibility of the French organizational studies (OS) production. Design/methodology/approach – This paper proposes a sociological analysis based on Bourdieu...

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