The question of financing innovative small business is determinant in the current context. Giving the share that they represent in the market, they contribute to increase productivity of the economy. The problems of financing the SME’s are related to the almost intangible specificity of their...

Issu des travaux menés au cours des Rencontres économiques d'Aix-en-Provence de juillet 2009. Un état des lieux des problèmes que soulève la démographie mondiale, qui montre que deux paramètres joueront un rôle essentiel dans l'avenir : les ressources rares et le vieillissement....

Commodity prices, especially oil prices, peaked in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007 and they have remained highly volatile. All things being equal, the increase in commodity prices may induce a similar tendency of inflation and hence become a monetary policy issue. However, the...

In this paper, the author proposes to address the problem of development via the performance of innovation systems. He thus calls for a better understanding of the structures and dynamics of socio-technical regimes in order to improve public policies supporting innovation. These clarifications...

The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of operational, market and accounting risks disclosures on investors' disagreements about French firms' value. The paper provides evidence on risks reporting efficiency in reducing investors' disagreements about the implication for firm's value of...