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1987 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

New Trends in Industrial Performance and Industrial Policy in France

Author : Jean Cheval

Published in: Industrial Policies and Structural Change

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Compared with the other main industrial countries, French industry occupies an average position. A former Directeur Général de l’Industrie (the highest ranking civil servant at the Minister of Industry) has said that “French industry is the weakest among the strong ones and, at the same time, the strongest among the weak ones” (1). Basically, this is the best way to define it.

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Title
New Trends in Industrial Performance and Industrial Policy in France
Author
Jean Cheval
Copyright Year
1987
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09779-1_12