The analysis of flexibility is based upon sequential models with growing information. The initial decision of a sequential model has consequences larger than those envisaged in the traditional ?theory of decision??. To enrich it we study consequences of a decision and introduce the distinction...

Dans ce papier, les auteurs proposent une méthode générique permettant de mesurer la variété au sein d'une famille de technologies. Cette méthode de mesure de la variété est appliquée aux technologies du raffinage. Les résultats font apparaître des comportements classiques de...

Les risques associés au changement climatique global pèsent sur l'ensemble de la communauté internationale. Mais dans le processus de discussion pour la maîtrise collective des émissions de gaz à effet de serre, et en particulier de CO2 énergétique, tous les pays n'ont pas les mêmes...

Dans le cadre des biotechnologies agricoles, il y a eu une évolution des droits sur la propriété intellectuelle que ce soit la mise en œuvre des brevets sur le vivant, l'évolution de la législation sur le Certificat d'Obtention Végétale de l'Union pour la Protection des Obtentions...

Business activities play a major role in biodiversity loss and, as a result, firms are under increasing pressures from stakeholders to reduce their negative impacts on living systems. In response, business attitudes, behaviors and strategies regarding biodiversity are progressively changing,...

Biodiversity refers to the dynamics of interactions between organisms in changing environments. Within the context of accelerating biodiversity loss worldwide, firms are under increasing pressures from stakeholders to develop appropriate tools to account for the nature and consequences of their...

Business activities play a major role in biodiversity loss so that firms are under increasing pressures from stakeholders to mitigate their negative impacts on ecosystems. As business attitudes, policies and behaviors regarding biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) progressively change, a...

Business activities play a major role in biodiversity loss so that firms are under increasing pressures from stakeholders to mitigate their negative impacts on ecosystems. As business attitudes, policies and behaviors regarding biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) progressively change, a...