In this paper the author discusses the fact that economists define optimal IP rights as a continuum of options in three dimensions: height, breadth and length. At the operational level he discusses the impossibility of multiplying rights indefinitely (due to prohibitive transaction costs), as...

The purpose of this paper is to develop a new model allowing the implementation of a benchmarking process that jointly measure the efficiency of franchise chains and determine their optimal organizational form. The methodology is based on a non-econometric technique developed by management...

Les changements importants intervenus au niveau de l'economie mondiale ont eu un impact majeur sur la configuration du secteur agro-alimentaire. Cet article cherche a mettre en evidence les determinants les plus importants des changements structurels, au niveau du comportement du marche en...

A puzzle in the literature on the formation of coalitions supporting International Environmental Agreements (IEAs) is that if an IEA leads to substantial gains, then it will not be supported by many countries. The non-cooperative game theoretic literature highlights the “small...

Dans un récent article, Catarina Goulao et Agustin Pérez-Barahona présentent un cadre théorique qui permet, par l'étude de la dimension sociale sous-jacente à ce problème propre au monde moderne, de mieux comprendre les épidémies de MCNC.