Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a product and service design technique primarily oriented to deliver the ‘voice of the customer' throughout every single planning and design activity. QFD was successfully applied in almost every manufacturing industry, methodologically adapted and employed...

In the context of the development of e-commerce on the Internet, a lot of electronic payment systems have been set up in order to secure online payments. To understand the success of Internet payment systems it is necessary to analyze the strategies of e-commerce players: consumers, "cyber...

The main objective of this article is to examine the financing of venture capital in France, and in particular, the performance of Mutual Funds for Investment in Innovative Enterprises (FCPIs) which represent around 50% of venture capital funds raised. After a review of the literature, we assess...

This book provides a comprehensive discussion of the issues related to risk, volatility, value and risk management. It includes a selection of the best papers presented at the Fourth International Finance Conference 2007, qualified by Professor James Heckman, the 2000 Nobel Prize Laureate in...

The main objective of this article is to examine venture capital in France, and, in particular, the performance of Mutual Funds for Investment in Innovative Enterprises (FCPIs) which represent around 50% of venture capital funds raised. Firstly, we look at recurrent problems facing venture...

Innovation makes investors dream about the future performances of the firm when the expected profitability is greater then the cost of capital. In this case, the company creates value and satisfies its shareholders. The valuation of an innovative project should indeed increase with the value...