This article questions the role of the fair value approach in the worsening of the present financial crisis by testing its impact on the performance on the Stock Exchange of the CAC 40 companies for which the application of the IAS 39 standard is compulsory. To that end, the authors propose...

Une approche pluridisciplinaire : fondamentaux de la gestion financière, l'investment banking, l'évaluation d'entreprise...

This exploratory research, realized on the firms that constituted the CAC 40 index from 2000 to 2003, shows that cost reduction programs announcements have a positive impact on shareholders value. Stock market reactions depend on whether firms are in financial crisis or not but are independant...

Vietnam has been following China’s path closely and very successfully for the last two decades, since the adoption of ‘Doi moi’ in 1986. Over those last two decades, economic growth rates in both countries have been the highest worldwide (with GDP growing by 8 per cent and 10 per cent per...

Over the last two decades the Egyptian labor market has undergone major changes that the social claims of the January 2011 revolution brought to light. Among them, lack of job security and associated weak social protection have been particularly criticized. Therefore the aim of this article is...

For many centuries, forms of Islamic charity such as zakat (i.e. "obligatory" alms) and waqf (i.e. endowment or philanthropic foundation) have proven to be essential tools for economic and human development. Both of these schemes aim to reduce income inequality and to encourage productive...

Assessment of agricultural vulnerability to climate change is a prerequisite for developing effective adaptation options and strategies for the future. While assessment approaches vary across sectors and countries, there is a need to devise an effective method to assess agricultural...

Informality is ubiquitous in most developing countries. Understanding the informal economy is therefore of utmost importance from a political, economic and social point of view. Paradoxically, despite its economic importance, knowledge is extremely limited regarding the informal economy. It...