De plus en plus d'entreprises vendent leurs murs, estimant que la propriété des bâtiments immobilise des capitaux nécessaires à leur développement.

The disclosure of information to workers can take several forms (company journal, meeting with shop stewards, etc). This paper is about a form rarely studied: the boss's speech at the work medal ceremony. These medals were created by the ministry of commerce in France in 1886. The success of...

This paper surveys research on corporate governance, with special attention to the importance of legal protection of investors and of ownership concentration in corporate governance systems in Europe. One share-one vote encourages the selection of an efficient management team. Families are the...

We identify three topics in the research area : the analyse of ethical funds performance, the use of corporate social disclosure and the analyse of psychological aspects of responsible investors. This survey shows the need of explaining the theoretical aspect of these studies because they are...

The emergence of the concept of ’sustainable development’leads companies to redefine the notion of performance and to implement practices to manage it.An exploratory research, undertaken in five multinational companies, highlights changes in their management systems and shows that companies...

This paper proposes to confront theoretical and professional perspectives on corporate social responsibility (CSR), which is the subject of renewed interest by both academics and practitioners. After outlining the conceptual bases and showing the strategic importance of social dimensions in the...

This chapter summarizes recent research on the role of law, culture and corruption on venture capital (VC) fund structure, governance and performance. Evidence from studies that involve a multitude of countries is primarily considered. The evidence across most studies is broadly consistent with...

We investigate the link between the regulation of control transactions and the institutional and corporate features of public companies, by analyzing the massive delisting activity in the Romanian capital market. The peculiar ownership reforms involving a large number of listed companies offer a...