The idea that the value of the firm is given by its financial capital and its intellectual capital is generally accepted. But, what is changing nowadays is the importance/weight that each one of these two components claims to have regarding the value of the firm – based on the dynamics of the...

The high School of Colombes (France) - Lycée Guy de Maupassant - has organized a conference where some specialists were invited to debate about "L'avenir de l'information économique". This paper reports the main ideas developed during the conference. R.Courbis (GAMA, University Paris 10),...

Our society faces many risks that affect human life. Cost-benefit analysis is a very popular project-evaluation tool for reducing these social risks. The government has to set projects or regulations whose benefits will outweigh costs. It is quite easy to evaluate costs but how to evaluate the...

In order to implement and comply with food safety and traceability regulations, companies may use a number of methods, including specialized information and communications technologies developed for this express purpose. As a result, compliance with regulatory obligations, and the use of...

This communication is in concern with knowledge-management as a theorico-practical field. It focuses on both epistemological and ethical implications of knowledge conceptions on people engaged in such knowledge-management projects and on society.

The explanation of social inequalities in education is still a debated issue in economics. Recent empirical studies tend to downplay the potential role of credit constraint. This article tests a different potential explanation of social inequalities in education, specifically that social...

L'intelligence économique est désormais un domaine d'activités économiques à part entière. Ceci peut s'expliquer par trois séries de facteurs étudiés dans ce document : le rôle de l'information dans la concurrence mondiale fondée sur l'innovation et dans l'organisation des entreprises...

Le contrôle de l’utilisation d’Internet par les salariés est légitime et n’est pas toujours illégal. Sa mise en oeuvre demande la plus grande prudence ; elle peut donner lieu à des infractions pénales d’atteinte à la vie privée des salariés. L’auteur n’est pas toujours...

The well known economic advantage of tradable permits over command and control obviously vanish if firms do not trade because of policy uncertainty. In fact, uncertainty about changes in the permits program could make firms reluctant to invest in tradable permits. This article proposes to give...

Comment la notion d'économie de l'information peut-elle caractériser un nouveau mode de développement des économies contemporaines? Pour répondre à cette question la présente contribution prend le parti de suivre la dynamique des marchés qu'impulsent l'accumulation des connaissances et...