| Description |
1 online resource (x, 222 pages) |
| Contents |
pt. I. State, Market, and Firms in the French Political Economy. 1. Making Sense of France. 2. The Societe Bloquee Revisited: The Failure of Economic Reforms in France. 3. Rethinking the French Political Economy: Bringing Firms Back In -- pt. II. Corporate Change in France: Case Studies. 4. Cars are Cars: Industrial Restructuring in Renault. 5. Changing the Power Grid: Industrial Reorganization at EDF. 6. Grinding Vegetables -- to a Halt: Delayed Adjustment in Moulinex. 7. The Argument Extended: Industrial Restructuring in France -- pt. III. Conclusion: Large Firms and Industrial Change. 8. Conclusion: Large Firms, Institutions, and Industrial Renewal |
| Summary |
Analyses the revival of the French economy at the end of the 20th century and shows how large firms took the lead in that process, becoming the drivers of economic adjustment |
| Notes |
Title from table of contents (Oxford scholarship online Web site, viewed February 3, 2010) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Big business -- France -- History -- 20th century
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Organizational change -- France -- Case studies
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Big business
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Economic history
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Organizational change
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Economic conditions -- 1981-1995.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87000979
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| Subject |
France
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Case studies
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History
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
019925205X |
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9780199252053 |
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9780191719097 |
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0191719099 |
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