The paper introduces first the legal framework as it has been developed by French jurisprudence which distinguishes the social interest of the firm from the interest of all stakeholders. Then, it presents the monitoring of executives in several fields, commodity markets, the financial market,...

Apres une presentation rapide de la notion d'interet social, nous traiterons, dans une premiere partie, du controle des dirigeants dans les domaines ou cadres d'activite: marches des biens et services et marches financier et des valeurs mobilieres. Dans chaque domaine, nous etudierons les moyens...

There is very few reliable data on French executive compensations, but compiling all recent disclosures, we find consistent hints proving that stock options are a big issue in this framework. In order to explain how stock option plans arrived to play so important part in executive compensation,...

This judicious selection of recent essays demonstrates the applicability of the fundamental principles of neo-Schumpeterian economics, namely, innovation and uncertainty. The authors demonstrate how neo-Schumpeterian economics is developing into a comprehensive economic theory encompassing...