Today Behavioral Law and Economics is the most ambitious attempt to overcome one of the main limits of Law and Economics, that is the recourse to a model of rationality which is little supported by empirical evidence. However, such an attempt relies exclusively on the idea of "cognitive bias"...

In this paper, a theoretical analysis of the choice of self-regulating is presented in relation to the ex ante and ex post forms of regulation. First of all the relation of complementarity between these last forms of regulation is investigated through some contributions in the law and economic...

Corporations allocate to they corporate governance structures authority over a large part of the transactions they carry out, both regulated by (incomplete) labour contracts or by (incomplete) arm's length contract. These contracts, as the eventuality of unforeseen contingencies is anticipated,...

This paper concerns the role that norms play in the emergence and selection of equilibrium points seen as social conventions under unforeseen contingencies – that is in the emergence of regularities of behaviour which are self-enforcing and effectively adhered to by limited rational agents due...

This paper first sets a definition of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as an extended model of corporate governance and then accounts for a voluntary approach to CSR, meant as voluntary compliance with CSR strategic management standards, in terms of an economic theory of self-regulation...

The failure of the WTO Ministerial Conference last December in Seattle was due to the unsettled network of conflicting interests of the member countries. What happened in the street of Seattle has not determined the outcome of the meeting. However, it would be a mistake to downplay the political...

Today's business have international and intercultural dimensions. The complexity of market, organizational climate and culture and the management of human resources demand interdisciplinary and intercultural approach which are available in anthropological researches and methods. The consumer...

This paper addresses the organisation and codification of knowledge in the software industry. It analyses various economic incentives to codification, including the need to improve the productivity and quality of software production processes and to access inter-firm collaborations. The paper...

Trends in working time show an increasing diversification and flexibilisation in the nineties, linked to changes in the needs of firms and workers. The paper considers recent trends in working time in European countries characterised by different regulative models, focussing on the changing role...