This article is aimed at analyzing the motivations on the part of firms to invest in websites. What are the drivers behind such investments? In order to address this issue, we have considered two alternative theoretical frameworks. The first relies upon resourcebased theory; the approach herein...

L’objet de cette étude est d’évaluer les effets de l’Hadopi (Haute Autorité pour la Diffusion des OEuvres et la protection des droits sur Internet) sur les pratiques de consommation d’oeuvres musicales et audiovisuelles. L’Hadopi peut avoir potentiellement trois types d’effets :...

<title>Abstract</title> Franchising is nowadays a prominent way to organize the distribution sector. While previous literature suggests that monitoring issues are a critical determinant of organizational choices, it is rather silent on the optimal monitoring strategy once the organization of the chain is set....

[eng] Integrating Young People into the Labour Market and the Type of Employment Contract: a . Repeated Game Theory Approach by Thierry Pénard, Michel Sollogoub and Valérie Ulrich . This paper compares the implications of signing a short-term contract as opposed to a long-term contract on the...

[fre] Quels sont les facteurs qui favorisent ou au contraire freinent l ’ usage de l ’ Internet à domicile ? Afin de répondre à cette question , les enquêtes se sont multipliées ces dernières années . Dans cette lignée , cet article propose une modélisation économétrique des choix...

Several studies have highlighted the role of feedback mechanisms in the success of electronic marketplaces. In this current experiment, we attempt to isolate experimentally the role of reputation and social (dis)approval associated to ratings using a trust game experiment with the opportunity to...

On mobile phone markets that have reached the maturity stage, customer recommendation becomes a critical focus for operators to attract subscribers from rival operators. Referral propensity is also an indicator of subscriber satisfaction and loyalty. The aim of this paper is to examine the...

Within developed countries, the market penetration of cell phones and the Internet has progressed in tandem and the point of market saturation is nearly to be reached in both markets. In contrast, the African continent has been characterized by a more uneven level of progress, with the...

The report starts from the assumption that in network industries economies of scale existing on the supply side and network externalities prevailing on the side of demand tend to limit opportunities of competition and favor industrial concentration. Under these circumstances, one may ask how...