In the empirical literature, the missing link between ict investments and increa-ses in firm performance is organisational change. This paper aims to assess the impact of ict at firm-level in Belgium, by means of case studies with 220 firms in four sectors: banking, machinery,...

Cet article étudie le lien entre le mode de croissance d’entreprises belges et leurs structures de contrôle. La première partie fournit un test indirect de ce lien à l’aide de la littérature d’Economie Industrielle sur les logiques de formation des groupes ; on y souligne notamment la...

The paper raises two questions about the industrial economics of banking : first, why are financial market configurations so different across nations ? We discuss the theoretical arguments by following the sequence Regulation-Structure-Performance (section 2). Second, do the differences in...

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