[fre] Cet article synthétise les résultats d'études empiriques portant sur les parcs d'équipements des industries cotonnières, papetières et sidérurgiques. Les conclusions de ces travaux suggèrent que les durées de vie réelles — les durées d'exis­tence des équipements —...

This encyclopaedic work celebrates the scores of leading pioneers who created the modern economic field of industrial organization, at the heart of which lie competition and monopoly, the two great forces that drive modern markets. Their pioneering work has shaped the field's growing research as...

This timely and much-needed Handbook reconsiders an old topic from a fresh perspective, raising a number of new, interesting and worthwhile issues in the wake of ten years of globalization. This comprehensive analysis illustrates that old-style industrial policies whereby the government directly...

This article is about the fundamental changes which economic systems are undergoing, upon entering the information age.Economic theory, built on the ‘industrial’ paradigm, is not adapted to the new realities of service relations or informational service activities. Because of the rapidly...

[eng] Since the high growth period of the 50's and 60's, the developed economies have entered into a long period of transition, corresponding typically to a Kondratieff downcycle. Since the middle of the 80's, the emergence of a new phase or cycle has been predicted. The hypothesis of a new...