Access to modern energy is believed to be a prerequisite for sustainable development, poverty alleviation and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. However, theoretical models and empirical results offer conflicting evidence on the relationship between energy consumption and...

This article focuses on establishing empirical links between debt, investment and economic growth in South Africa. We used VAR methodology tools to study the relationships between variables like the total public debt, total private debt, public and private investment, borrower’s interest rate...

The arrival in France of the euro in 2002, and the withdrawal of the franc, have been anticipated within many companies in all operational areas (payroll, billing and accounting for example). As far as price policy is concerned, the company must determine, beyond the compulsory legal conversion,...

Media critics are generally said to be an integral part of the cinema industry, as they influence both the supply (distribution and communication strategies) and demand (consumer's decision process) sides of the market (Debenedetti, 2006). Which lessons can be drawn from past research about...