Competitiveness
Publications “Competitiveness”
Risk and Precaution
The precautionary principle is sometimes accused of creating an obstacle to innovation development, or even industrial activity. It is not so much its legal application...
Regulation, standardization: drivers of industrial competitiveness
Regulation and standardization are determining factors for the competitiveness of companies and countries and they are based on different systems. We make a distinction...
Reducing the cost of labour. One way to boost French competitiveness
Some economists specializing in the labour market regularly call for more precise targeting of payroll tax cuts on low salaries. This note examines whether their...
Mid-sized businesses share their strategies on how to conquer growth
In drawing attention to what MSBs are really like and how their leaders overcome the obstacles to their growth, the ambition of this book is to contribute to a movement that is crucial to the...
The French notion of filière and its uses
The notion of “filière” is often viewed as specifically French. There is no equivalent term in English. Some economists equate it to a commodity system that gathers all the stakeholders...
Internationalization, business performance and employment
Public opinion often associates the internationalization of companies with relocations, factory closures, more intense foreign competition, and more generally, the...