The 106th Congress of French Mayors takes place November 19-21. How far has the decentralization process come? Why are relations between the State and local authorities increasingly conflictual?
Since its creation in 2013, under François Hollande, French Tech has been deployed as a veritable tool in favor of French-style innovation. While tricolored unicorns remain an all-too rare species, the revived and amplified initiative has had many effects, some of them unexpected.
Vladimir Putin announcing the return of Crimea to Ukraine and his own resignation, or Volodymyr Zelensky declaring his country's complete surrender: these totally fabricated videos, and others like them, have been viewed some millions of times on social networks. While Russia, in this area as in the military field, launched hostilities as early as 2014, Ukraine has now learned to employ these methods - and other tools of information warfare -, the aim of which is always to sow confusion among public opinion in the enemy country.
Financing, alternatives, France's positions, changes: what does the landscape of official development assistance and non-governmental organizations look like today?
This event was a great success, as over 60 academics, many from foreign universities, made the trip. In addition, during the two days, 20 research papers, both empirical and theoretical, were presented.
The room for maneuver at BlackRock, one of the most famous investment funds with a contested business, remains far more limited than the record amounts of assets the company manages might suggest. Find out why.
The work of Oliver Williamson (1932-2020) has made a significant contribution to economics in several ways. Firstly, by proposing a microeconomic analysis of Ronald Coase's theory of transaction costs. He linked different areas of the literature, proposing a new theory of the firm and market organization. In addition, his work has made a significant interdisciplinary contribution, recognized in economics, law and management. His analysis has prompted a reassessment of organizational boundaries and aconsideration of a world with "positive transaction costs".
On August 24, Pavel Durov was arrested while his private jet was making a stop at Le Bourget. The French authorities explain this decision by the Telegram CEO's refusal to cooperate, particularly in investigations into criminal actions (drug trafficking, swindling or even pedocriminality) whose perpetrators had allegedly used his messaging service to perpetrate them.
Managers, management committees, executive committees, boards of directors... as we know, women remain under-represented at the various levels of corporate responsibility, particularly in the technology industry.
It's a well-known adage among businesses of all sizes. For the end consumer, there's no debate: with the exception of a few credit sales, you have to pay for your purchases as soon as you go through the checkout, in cash, to leave with them, or risk being prosecuted for skimming. In the vast majority of cases, payment terms do not exist. In the business-to-business world, things are different and more complex. Intercompany credit is a long-standing and common practice involving indispensable and recurring transactions between customers and suppliers.
