This report presents the results of an EIM study about spin-off businesses. These are new, independent enterprises set up by departing employees with assistance of former employers. The study entails preliminary exploration of that phenomenon, including analyses of the characteristics of...

Overzicht van theoretische factoren die belangrijk zijn bij het verklaren van schaalgrootte van bedrijven en verschillen in schaalgrootte tussen vergelijkbare bedrijven. Naast de theoretische factoren worden enkele relevante trends beschreven en wordt gekeken naar de impact van deze trends op de...

Ths subject of this study is the rationale behind two, at first sight conflicting trends: on the one hand we see a strong growth in the numbers of mergers and acquisitions, and on the other there is much attention for the (perceived) growing importance of small and medium-sized enterprises...

Qualitative aspects of transport experiences are increasingly discussed as factors influencing the choice between individualized and public transport. In this article we investigate, both analytically and empirically, the impact travel comfort has on the utility of subway users as well as the...

Alors même que la relation vertueuse entre infrastructures de transport et développement reste l’un des mythes les plus solidement ancrés dans l’esprit des acteurs, publics comme privés, les travaux empiriques relatifs aux effets des dessertes ferroviaires à grande vitesse aboutissent...

Sur le quart des boulevards des Maréchaux, le bus a été remplacé par un tramway et simultanément les voies routières ont été rétrécies. Une enquête auprès de 1000 usagers montre que le tramway n'a engendré presque aucun transfert modal de la voiture vers les TC. Mais il a engendré...

Cet article se propose d'étudier le coût économique engendré par la congestion du boulevard périphérique parisien (BPP). Nous mobilisons un modèle basé sur une relation vitesse-densité, ce qui nous permet de différencier les coûts d'utilisation de la route et de congestion du BPP...

Preferences for transport activities are often considered only in terms of time and money. Whilst congestion in automobile traffic increases costs by raising trip durations, the same is less obvious in public transport (PT), especially rail-based. This has lead many economic analyses to conclude...

The paper argues that congestion in public transportation is alike the much more studied road congestion. It sets out to produce, on the case of the Paris subway, a congestion cost curve linking the willingness to pay for non-congested travel to actual congestion levels. Congestion costs appear...