infonet-economy

Cet article – synthèse d’un travail de bachelor – consiste en l’établissement d’un panorama des grandes approches méthodologiques et stratégies de collecte de l’archivage du web, une analyse des attentes et des résistances du public des chercheurs face à ces nouvelles archives et la présentation de pistes d’innovations et de recommandations pour mieux appréhender l’archivage du web....

Passenger acceptance is a key factor for the successful integration, uptake and use of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in the domain of public transpor-tation. Especially knowing opinions and attitudes around safety, comfort and convenience. We discuss a pilot study conducted as part of a larger research project where AVs are being tested to transport members of the general public on a...

Co-creation as a joint collaborative process between organizations and customers offers new models and sources of creativity and innovation for businesses to differentiate their value from the value their competitors offer. However, a successful co-creation strategy involves understanding the shared interests of the parties and resolving tensions between internal and external...

During the financial crisis that first hit the U.S. economy and soon became a world crisis, investors reduced their holdings of foreign equities, and, at the same time, they increased their holdings of short-term government bonds. The paper analyzes, within the context of a DSGE model, the hedging properties of foreign bond and foreign equity holdings during a crisis, when the degree...

This paper investigates the characteristics and performance of family investment holdings across the world. Their unique combination of family wealth and expertise and investments in stock markets make them a special asset class for retail investors. We find that families are strongly involved in terms of stake and management both in their holdings and the holding’s investments. We...

Notre étude contribue à mieux comprendre les antécédent de l’engagement RSE des très grandes entreprises cotées et ses conséquence s. En analysant l’engagement RSE des entreprises du S&P 500, nos résultats montrent tout d’abord que cet engagement présente un effet cumulatif ; les entreprises engagées dans une démarche RSE ont tendance à enrichir celle - ci année après année....

The purpose of this research was to explore self-directed learning (SDL) in the context of online learning. The experiences of traditional and nontraditional learners engaged in an online course as part of a degree-seeking program are explored in terms of readiness for SDL and the processes of planning, monitoring, and evaluating one’s own learning in the online context. The findings...

This paper applies a social capital perspective to study how business units leverage individuals’ external networks to explore and exploit resources outside the firm’s boundaries. We explore this matter inductively by analysing the development and leveraging of social capital at the business unit level in a global commodity company. Our findings show how individuals’ strong and weak...