Publications of the Chair

Diffusing Water Management Know-How Between a French Mne and an Indian Utilities Company in Chennai, India. La mayonnaise n’a pas pris

2025
Authors :
Akil Amiraly

To improve the management of the public water supply service in the city of Chennai, the French utility company Veolia provided to Chennai Metro Water technical assistance from 2002 to 2006, under the institutional support of an international donor, the World Bank.  This case illustrates how instilling managerial and technical changes in public water utilities...

The hybrid domain for energy in India: A case study exploring the diffusion of off-grid solar power

2025
Authors :
Akil Amiraly; Haruki Sawamura; Christopher Williams

The purpose of this study is to reveal how the urban market for off-grid energy production in the hybrid domain developed in the Indian context and to critically reflect on this phenomenon.

Thèse : Essais sur l’évaluation économique du déploiement de l’hydrogène vert pour la neutralité carbone industrielle

2025
Authors :
Maryam Sadighi

Cette thèse examine les conditions économiques dans lesquelles l’hydrogène vert peut être efficacement déployé pour accompagner la transition énergétique des secteurs industriels difficiles à...  

The Urban Green Space Dilemma

2025
Authors :
L. Tuffery, S. Anougmar, B. Bayramoglu, C. Cantuarias-Villessuzanne and M. David

Urban green spaces improve quality of life, but may reduce car space. We first propose a theoretical model to analyze this trade-off. Positive global willingness-to-pay (WTP) is observed for scenarios that improve biodiversity and air cooling with minimal loss of car space, while negative WTP arises when car space is greatly reduced without substantial...

The equity and efficiency trade-off of carbon tax revenue recycling: A re-examination

2025
Authors :
Emmanuel Combet, Gaëlle Le Treut, Aurélie Méjean, Antoine Teixeira

This paper examines the macroeconomic and distributive impacts of carbon pricing reforms. 

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The Financial Performance of Solidarity-based Investment Funds

2025
Authors :
Philippe Devin

This article examines the financial performance of French solidarity-based investment funds, also known as "90-10 funds", which combine 90% responsible listed assets and 10% solidarity assets from Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) enterprises. 

The regulation of the corporate welfare policy. Evidence from France

2025
Authors :
Samuel Klebaner

The aim of this article is to demonstrate that the “Corporate Welfare” policies are embedded in a complex, dynamic and unstable mode of regulation.

Les conseils d’administration peuvent-ils diminuer les émissions de gaz à effet de serre dans leur entreprise ?

2025
Authors :
Cécile Cezanne, Gaye Del Lo, Sandra Rigot

Une étude menée sur 305 entreprises cotées en France, en Allemagne, au Royaume-Uni et au Japon, met en lumière l’influence du conseil d’administration sur la réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES). Une empreinte surtout prégnante dans les entreprises les plus émettrices.

Do Corporate Governance Mechanisms Help to Reduce Carbon Emissions? Some Empirical Evidence on Listed Companies in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan

2025
Authors :
Cécile Cezanne, Gaye Del Lo, Yves Kassi, Sandra Rigot

 In this paper, we analyze the role of firms in mitigating climate change through their model of corporate governance. Our findings vary depending on the high- or low-emission sector. Based on these results, we propose several managerial and policy implications that can help improve corporate climate performance.

The difficult reappropriation of an ancient technical knowledge: Rainwater harvesting in Ahmedabad (India)

2025
Authors :
Akil Amiraly

In situations of water shortage and unreliability of the public water supply service, the rehabilitation of old water supply systems could constitute an additional source of supply. The chapter questions both the rationale of their rehabilitation and the state of nowledge associated with their use, based on the example of the old city of Ahmedabad in...