Isabelle Nicolaï

Université Paris-Saclay · Laboratoire Genie Industriel, CentraleSupelec

Selection of papers revised from the inaugural ESEE Conference held at the C3ED UVSQ, May 1996.

Purpose – Companies face increasing pressure from stakeholders to play a leading role in addressing a wide array of environmental, social, and governance issues. What are the relevant and responsible contributions that corporations are expected to provide in support of defining solutions to sustainability issues? This paper shows how corporate soci...

This paper presents methodological aspects and the main empirical results of a research study whose purpose was to define stakes, opportunities and methods and propose appropriate indicators for developing corporate social responsibility strategies for aluminium industry companies in Europe. Experimental empirical work for the testing of procedures...

This article is in support of the development of an ecological economic framework. It discusses, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the increasing use of green IT and their applications (IT for green). IT and sustainable development have had a concomitant rise and reach. The future world emerging from their respective interpretations enables, i...

[fre] Avec l'émergence de problèmes globaux d'environnement dans les années 1980, de nouvelles pratiques visent à réconcilier l'activité économique et la préservation de la qualité environnementale. Les firmes jouent un rôle fondamental vis-à-vis d'une endogénéisation du changement technologique dans le cadre de stratégies « win-win ». Nous nous in...

This conference paper contributes to the debate on the governance of Shared automated electric vehicles (SAEV) in the urban transport system using the Oslo region, Norway as a case study.

Automated vehicles (AV) can increase safety, reduce congestion, and provide environmental benefits to the urban transport system. Nonetheless, AV's governance in the urban transport system is challenging. This paper proposes a novel interdisciplinary methodology and contributes to the governance debate from the 'policy' and 'polity' dimensions. We...

This paper contributes to the debate on integrating shared automated electric vehicles (SAEV) in Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) in Europe’s public transport system. Using the ongoing Horizon Europe ULTIMO project as a case study, we attempt to explain the process of institutional change from the old to the new dynamic institutional equilibrium when S...

Sharing information between stakeholders is a critical success factor for ecodesign projects. This sharing is based on indicators that can be interrelated, i.e., impacting each other. This article focuses on the perception of environmental performance indicators’ relationships during the design phase of projects. It uses a DEMATEL approach combined...

Pedestrian mobility remains neglected in MaaS solutions, yet it has the potential to become a tool for promoting public policies and more sustainable lifestyles away from excessive private car use. This research identifies the potential for sustainable value creation and the transversal implications for policymakers and other MaaS stakeholders of o...

Dans le cadre de révolution de la mobilité urbaine, les véhicules électriques autonomes (VEA) représentent une rupture technologique qui affectera le modèle traditionnel de transport urbain. De plus, la diffusion de pratiques relevant de l’économie de fonctionnalité, la promotion de l’économie de partage, la numérisation croissante des activités ou...

Analytical methods in engineering and economics have been proposing that investments in safety lead to improvements in performance. However, no research has proposed a management approach that studies the organizational elements that conceive safety management as a source of strategical performance to a company. In this study, we aim to shed light...

The construction industry is claimed to be the most lethal economic sector. Despite efforts to include safety as a relevant indicator, managers are still trying to figure out which organizational buttons they need to push to unleash safety performance. To investigate this problem, we draw from performance measurement lens to develop a systematic li...

The construction industry is claimed to be the most lethal economic sector. Despite efforts to include safety as a relevant indicator, managers are still trying to figure out which organizational buttons they need to push to unleash safety performance. To investigate this problem, we draw from performance measurement lens to develop a systematic li...

The construction industry is claimed to be the most lethal economic sector. Despite efforts to include safety as a relevant indicator, managers are still trying to figure out which organizational buttons they need to push to unleash safety performance. To investigate this problem, we draw from performance measurement lens to develop a systematic li...

The formalization of environmental issues has gained prominence since the definition of sustainable development by the Brundtland's report. Environmental performance has then been introduced to qualify the “green” contribution of an organization to its surrounding environment. However, its multi-dimensional aspects can be problematic when designing...

Mobility as a Service (MaaS) presents a shift from existing ownership-based transports and towards access-based ones and it has been recently gaining ground in urban mobility. MaaS is still surrounded by uncertainties and, its development and applicability are mainly centered in developed countries. However, MaaS is modular, adaptable and applicabl...

Mobility‐as‐a‐Service (MaaS) offers tailored‐made, on‐demand mobility solutions to users by integrating on a single service subscription, public and private transport modes. However, the concept is still uncertain, and its current development and applicability is centered on developed countries. On the other hand, we advocate that MaaS is modular,...

The concept of Responsible Innovation holds that any innovation should take into account the balance of economic, ethical, social and sustainable aspects throughout the entire project in a manner that shows care for the future being constructed. However, as this concept is recent, originates in the context of the European Union and addresses issues...

This descriptive paper of qualitative approach aimed at understanding whether the Quintuple Helix Model (QHM) can positively foster advancements on urban mobility from AVs’ insertion in the society, as well as discuss the dynamic of the QHM in the Brazilian context. Synergy among agents proposed by the model is essential for minimizing the impacts...

Scenario planning methods tend to work at an aggregate level and to consider homogeneous populations, thus levelling the variable effects of future developments on different social groups. Decision-making based on such scenarios bears the risk of missing undesired impacts on specific groups of people, which may cause social tensions or require cost...

In this article we propose a decision-aid tool for local authorities to plan and implement their transport policies. We set out sustainable-mobility scenarios that depend on the geographical contexts of different areas based on 50 mobility offers, including active modes, car-sharing, public transport, etc. To do so we appeal to a multi-criteria dec...

Purpose By presenting a shift away from the prevailing ownership-based transport systems and towards access-based ones, the concept of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) has been recently gaining ground and becoming a concrete business model opportunity. MaaS goal is to offer tailored-made on-demand mobility solutions by integrating on a single service,...

Considering the AVs as an emerging innovation, as well as its adjacencies in terms of impacts, this paper aims to discuss critical aspects that influence the governance model for insertion of AVs in a national context. With this intent, is essential to consider multiple actors that are involved in this context. In this sense we adopt the Quadruple...

Purpose – As long as the concept of Mobility-as-a-Service is still surrounded by ambiguities and uncertainties, this paper aimed to analyze MaaS as a PSS and as an Eco-innovation under the Business Ecosystem concept, as well as propose a schematic model for different mobility services. Theoretical framework – Product-Service System, Eco-innovation,...

This paper seeks to map and discuss the innovation context of Brazil and France, using for this the Innovation Radar's framework. Fundamentally, it seeks to address the gap between the development of AVs, the differences between two national contexts, and the lack of specific knowledge about how to manage disruptive innovation in countries. The ado...

Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) has been recently gaining ground by presenting a shift away from existing ownership-based transports and towards access-based ones. MaaS is still surrounded by uncertainties and, its development and applicability are mainly centered in developed countries. However, we believe that MaaS is modular, adaptable and applicab...

With mobility becoming a key factor affecting citizens' well-being and life-quality, innovative schemes as Peer-to-Peer ride-hailing and Mobility-as-a-Service can have significant impacts on urban commute. Furthermore, the insertion of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) promises positive impact on cities' transit worldwide. Ergo, companies are now combining...

Poster sur le projet de méta-observatoire des nouvelles solutions de mobilité présenté à la journée Mobilité@VEDECOM du 11 avril 2019.

This paper reviews the management and business research field of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) in a bibliometric context aiming to identify strategies, practices, and management tools; and summarizes the existing studies and highlight research gaps. Methodologically, the study is qualitative and descriptive, based on a bibliometric review on Web of Sci...

This paper reviews the management and business research field of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in a bibliometric context aiming to identify strategies, practices, and management tools; and summarises the existing studies and highlight research gaps. Methodologically, the study is qualitative and descriptive, based on a bibliometric review on Web of Sci...

In this article we seek to elaborate various sustainable mobility scenarios depending on heterogeneous geographical contexts. We use a multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) to assess 50 mobility offers, relying on an original two-step assessment method. In a first step, we use the diviz decision-aid tool to obtain a global score for every offer, o...

This paper presents a scientometric and bibliometric review of the research on autonomous vehicles (AVs) to identify its main characteristics, evolution, and potential trends for future studies. Relevant articles were searched on WoS, yielding a research corpus of 10,580 papers, and the software CiteSpace was subsequently used for analysis. The res...

By 2050, 70% of the world’s population will live in or around a city. Cities already generate 70% of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. The future of urbanisation will be smart, in which land use is optimised and the transport system is more efficient and environmentally friendly, providing affordable mobility services to ensure well-being in...

In a smart city, urban and transport planning should be co-conducted harmoniously in order to create a new transit-supportive city. After defining our vision of smart mobility, we will present and analyse the links between the transport system, disruptive innovation, and the role of public policies in change management. In this chapter 7, we focus...

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This paper aims at characterizing the Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) research field in the areas of management and business in its bibliometric context; identifying strategies, practices and management tools specified in the scope of the investigated publications; summarizing existing evidence, pointing to gaps within this study area. Methodologically,...

La croissance verte relève d’un développement véritablement durable dans ses dimensions économiques, sociétales et écologiques. Dans cette perspective, nous abordons la question du lien entre lutte contre le changement climatique et compétitivité économique, notamment pour le Maroc, puis les conditions requises pour que cette croissance verte s’ins...

Purpose: In the present century, mobility has come to be understood as one of the main issues of our contemporary society, being a central topic discussed worldwide. Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) are considered an integral part of the new forms of mobility ad have become focus of automotive industry R&D projects, being considered the most popular appli...

Building a multimodal information platform constitutes a disruptive innovation, which can enhance the use of sustainable travel modes and reduce the negative externalities of car use. This eco-innovation will change the structures of the market and induce changes in behaviour. From a web-based survey conducted in the Plateau de Saclay – an area loc...

Building a multimodal information platform constitutes a disruptive innovation, which can enhance the use of sustainable travel modes and reduce the negative externalities of car use. This eco-innovation will change the structures of the market and induce changes in behaviour. From a web-based survey conducted in the Plateau de Saclay - an area loc...

By enabling the use of multimodal information by travelers, public policy can improve the use of soft travel modes and reduce the negative externalities of car use. However, such an eco-innovative multimodal information platform might only be efficient if travelers are willing to use it and pay for its development and update. To evaluate the releva...

Purpose – This paper aims to identify and to characterize the current evolution of “sustainable mobility” solutions. After considering this trend as an expression of eco-innovation, the authors look at the impacts of the emerging business models for the introduction of these eco-innovations, on the wider “eco-system” of mobility. Design/methodolog...

Admitting the undetermined character of future societies means, immediately, affirming the “space” of opportunities of possible futures to be constructed. Affronting uncertainty means admitting vulnerability in the sense of hopes that may not be sustained — dashed by other, incompatible futures coming into being. Futures, as opportunities, can be c...

Indicateurs de développement durable pour les territoires

Companies face increasing pressure from stakeholders to play a leading role in addressing a wide array of environmental, social, and governance issues. This paper shows how corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a negotiation process to help corporations manage uncertainties through collaborative work and alignment with stakeholders. In t...

This article provides an analysis of the CSR strategy and practices of a multinational company using the example of the “sustainable development bank” Dexia. It is based on examination of some thirty interviews with directors and managers of the Dexia Group (levels n-2 to n-4), as well as the use of various secondary sources (activity reports, sust...

This paper underlines the part that eco-innovations can play with regards to competitiveness, in particular in the economic space of Europe. The first part identifies main international tendencies in emergence with the characters of eco-innovations,which is linked to levers increasing their performance. The second part offers a prospective vision o...

This 4-page Brochure presents the new (2004) interdisciplinary programme SETE put in place at the UVSQ (Université de Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines) in France, in the domain of Sciences of the Environment, Territory and the Economy. The purpose of the SETE Masters Programme was to provide a research-based teaching capacity to prepare the new ge...

Le concept de développement durable intègre les rapports entre économie et environnement et ressources naturelles, la préoccupation du long terme, la prise en compte de l’équité et la prise de décision démocratique dans un contexte marqué par l’incertitude forte, l’irréversibilité et la complexité. C’est pourquoi, le programme de formation "Scien...