The article discusses the origins of the U-shaped average cost curve, which is one of the most widely used tools in microeconomic analysis. Its widespread use leads many to consider it as a basic tool, obscuring the fact that the graph of the U-shaped average cost curve is part of a complex...

The paper proposes an analytical framework for comparing different business models for producing information goods and digital services. It is based on three dimensions that also refer to contrasted literature: the economics of matching, the economics of assembling and the economics of knowledge...

Several researchers in the field of sociology, management or information systems have recently invited the community interested in the technology-person relationship to overcome the 'user' notion and the specific schemes related to sociotechnical interaction. Based on Archer's (1982, 1995, 2003)...

This paper focuses on the influence of culture on the level of materialism among older individuals in France and Tunisia. In particular, it aims at proposing a theoretical framework which links some of the main variables related to the aging process (cognitive age, physical well-being,...

Fair value accounting under IAS-IFRSs is often presented as market accounting that results from expression of the financial requirements of business management and accounting practice. By showing that fair value has the features of actuarial accounting, and is the product of a conceptual shift...

Local volatility models are popular because they can be simply calibrated to the market of European options. We extend the results of [4], [3] for such models, i.e. we propose a modi ed Leland method which allows us to approximately replicate a European contingent claim when the market is under...

This paper reconsiders the theory of existence of efficient allocations and equilibria when consumption sets are unbounded below under the assumption that agents have incomplete preferences. Our model is motivated by an example in the theory of assets with short-selling where there is risk and...

The way of organizing accounting did not interest many researchers in accounting. The article tries to fill this gap. It puts forward the transition from the bookkeeper to the accountant by the exploration of twelve European novels of the 19th and 20th century. This is not only a change of words...