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La nature de la firme
No full textCoase R.H., Gillis Xavier, Bourreau Marc. La nature de la firme. In: Revue française d'économie, volume 2, n°1, 1987. pp. 133-163
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Regulation and competition policy in the ICT sector : essays in industrial organization
No full textCette thèse aborde certaines caractéristiques des politiques de régulation et de la concurrence dans le secteur des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (TIC). Plusieurs problématiques de régulation ex-ante sont abordées, traitant de l'investissement dans les infrastructures de réseaux fixes de télécommunications et de la mise en place de tests de ciseaux tarifaires par les autorités de régulation du secteur des télécommunications en Europe. Sont également étudiées différentes problématiques de politique de la concurrence, comme l'impact de la vente liée de produits créant des coûts de changement pour les utilisateurs ou la prise en compte des terminaux d'accès pour l'analyse du marché du livre électronique en droit de la concurrence. Les impacts de la régulation sectorielle sur la politique de la concurrence sont également analysés, avec une application à la définition et la gestion par les autorités de concurrence de la pratique de ciseau tarifaire dans les industries de réseaux. Enfin, cette thèse met en perspective différents avantages et inconvénients des interventions ex-ante et ex-post, respectivement par les autorités de régulation sectorielle et de concurrence.This thesis approaches several distinctive features of regulation and competition policy in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. It tackles some issues in ex-ante regulation on investment in new fixed telecommunications network infrastructures, and the application of margin squeeze tests by European regulatory authorities in the telecommunications industry. It also analyzes issues related to ex-post competition policy, such as the impact of bundling products with switching costs, or the competition authorities' investigations in the electronic book market. Further analysis on the impact of ex-ante regulation on ex-post competition policy is provided, in particular via studies on the definition of a margin squeeze conduct in network industries, and how competition authorities deal with it. Finally, this thesis evaluates several advantages and weaknesses of both ex-ante regulatory authorities' and ex-post competition authorities' interventions
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Public policy confronted to technological changes
No full textCette thèse aborde plusieurs sujets relatifs à l’impact de la régulation sectorielle sur la concurrence et l’investissement dans le secteur des communications électroniques. En particulier, cette thèse soulève des questions relative à la pertinence de la régulation, lorsque celle-ci est imposée à de technologies anciennes, notamment lorsque des technologies plus efficaces et plus modernes sont disponibles sur le marché à un prix abordable. Cette thèse permet également d’analyser comment la régulation sectorielle affecte la concurrence entre technologies et indirectement l’investissement des opérateurs privés. Des analyses plus complètes sont proposées en ce qui concerne le marché du haut et du très haut débit. J’y estime dans quelle mesure l’impact de la concurrence (via le dégroupage de la boucle locale cuivre) vient affecter les incitations à investir des opérateurs dans les réseaux en fibre optique. Enfin, cette thèse permet d’évaluer l’impact des réseaux très haut débit sur la croissance économique au niveau local, en termes d’impact sur les créations d’entreprises et les créations d’entreprises unipersonnelles. Cette dernière étude a pour objectif de quantifier les bénéfices économiques provenant du déploiement de ces réseaux de nouvelle génération.This thesis approaches several issues related to the impact of sector-specific regulation on competition and investments in the electronic communication sector. More specifically, it raises the question of the relevance of regulation when applied to an old technology, when enhanced and affordable alternative technologies are available. It also analyzes how regulation affects competition between technologies and indirectly operators’ investments. Further analyses are provided for the fixed broadband market, with an assessment of the effect of competition via local loop unbundling on operators’ incentives to invest into fiber networks. Finally, this thesis evaluates the impact of very high-speed broadband networks on local economic growth, in terms of establishment creation and sole proprietorship creation. It attempts to quantify the economic benefits stemming from the roll-out of next generation access network
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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