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The authors develop a spectral theory for unilateral eigenvalue problems: find a pair \((\lambda,u) \in\mathbb{R} \times C\) such that: \[ \left< Au,v-u \right> \geq \lambda \int_{\Omega} f(x,u) \left(v(x)-u(x)\right)dx + \int_{\Omega} g(x)\left(v(x)-u(x)\right)dx, \quad \forall v \in C, \] where \(C\) is a closed convex subset of a Sobolev space \(X \subset L^2(\Omega)\), \(A: X \mapsto X^{'}\) is a bounded linear and coercive operator and \(f\) is asymptotically linear. The authors present a new approach based on using the set of receding directions of \(C\) to define the concept of an asymptotic spectrum \(\sigma (A,C_{\infty})\). Global properties, existence and bifurcation results for the problem are obtained [cf. \textit{D. Goeleven, V. H. Nguyen} and \textit{M. Théra}, C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris, Sér. I 317, No. 6, 631-635 (1993; Zbl 0780.49032)].