L'objectif de cet article est de présenter les travaux de M.C. Jensen au sein d'un ouvrage collectif consacré aux "grands auteurs en finance". La présentation est articulée en 4 points portant successivement sur les apports à la finance de marché, à la finance d'entreprise, à la théorie...

L'objectif principal de cet article est de présenter les principales composantes du paradigme constitué par la théorie positive de l'agence. La première partie est centrée sur le passage du niveau individuel à l'organisation conçue comme un noeud de contrats. La deuxième partie porte sur...

(VF)L'objectif de cet article est de proposer une analyse comparative fondée sur la théorie contractuelle des organisations de deux formes d'organisation concurrentes au sein du système français de l'enseignement de la gestion : les Grandes Ecoles de Gestion (de statut consulaire) et les...

In this paper it is argued that the terms, knowledge work, knowledge workers, and <p> knowledge intensive firms point to emerging social structures and processes in <p> organisations. This focus allows us to analyse organisations in ways that differ <p> from the notions involving less dynamic forms of...</p></p></p>

This paper examines the relationship between organization contextual variables and humanresource management (HRM) practices in small firms. The proposed model is based on anintegration of theoretical perspectives, including the resource-based approach, institutionaltheory, transaction cost...

This paper develops a theory of the firm in which a firm's centralized asset ownership and low-powered incentives give the manager, as an equilibrium outcome, interpersonal authority over employees (in a world with open disagreement). The paper thus provides micro-foundations for the idea that...

We analyze the long-term effects of firm break-up and ownership change on corporate performance. Our analysis is based on a unique data set for a large number of Czech firms spanning the period 1996–2005. We employ a propensity score matching procedure to deal with endogeneity problems. Our...

In this article we analyze medium- and long-term effects of firm break-up (and subsequent change in ownership) on its profitability and productivity. We use an extensive data-set of the Czech firms for the period 1996-2005. We employ the propensity score based matching methodology to account for...

We analyze the long-term effects of divesture and ownership change on corporate per-formance. We employ a unique data set for a large number of Czech firms spanning the period 1996–2005. We employ a propensity score matching procedure to deal with endogeneity problems. Our results, which are...

This paper analyzes the theoretical approach to the corporate governance, in relation to the different capitalism model. Before, in the paper, there is a survey of different principal definitions of corporate governance. Than, it investigates the different purposes of the Agency Theory,...