Large firms and institutional change : industrial renewal and economic restructuring in France
Hancké, BobAuthor
Hanckâe, Bob.Author
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2002.
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.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 -- Part I. State, Market, and Firms in the French Political Economy -- 1. Making Sense of France 7 -- 1.1. Economic and Industrial Adjustment in France 9 -- 1.2. Explaining Corporate Change 23 -- 1.3. A Firm-Centred View of the French Political Economy 29 -- 1.4. Conclusion and Book Outline 33 -- 2. The Societe Bloquee Revisited: The Failure of Economic Reforms in France 37 -- 2.1. The Crisis of the French Production Regime 38 -- 2.2. Failed Reforms 41 -- 2.3. Conclusion: Institutional Reform and its Problems 55 -- 3. Rethinking the French Political Economy: Bringing Firms Back In 57 -- 3.1. A Crisis of the Large Firms 58 -- 3.2. From State-Led Corporate Survival to Large Firm-Led Restructuring 60 -- 3.3. The Politics of Workplace Reorganization 65 -- 3.4. Building Supplier Networks 70 -- 3.5. Constructing New Markets 79 -- 3.6. Conclusion 82 -- Part II. Corporate Change in France: Case Studies -- 4. Cars are Cars: Industrial Restructuring in Renault 89 -- 4.1. Rethinking Car Building 89 -- 4.2. Corporate Governance: Management, the State, and the CGT 91 -- 4.3. Skills, Work Organization, and Labour Politics 95 -- 4.4. Reorganizing the Supply Chain: Trust is Good, Control is Better 104 -- 4.5. A New Conception of Product and Market 111 -- 4.6. Conclusion: Past and Future of Renault 115 -- 5. Changing the Power Grid: Industrial Reorganization at EDF 117 -- 5.1. Electricity Production: From the Fat to the Lean Years 117 -- 5.2. The EDF Governance System under Financial Stress 121 -- 5.3. Restructuring the Settlement with the CGT 125 -- 5.4. The Searchfor External Flexibility 131 -- 5.5. Rethinking Product Markets: Not Every kWh is the Same 134 -- 5.6. Conclusion: EDF 2002 138 -- 6. Grinding Vegetables-to a Halt: Delayed Adjustment in Moulinex 141 -- 6.1. The Glorious Thirty and the Twenty Piteuses 142 -- 6.2. From a One-Man Show to Professional Management 144 -- 6.3. Belated Restructuring of Labour Relations and Work Organization 147 -- 6.4. From Vertical Integration to Regional JIT Networks 151 -- 6.5. Moving Up-Market 153 -- 6.6. Conclusion: Delayed Restructuring and Corporate Performance 156 -- 7. The Argument Extended: Industrial Restructuring in France 158 -- 7.1. The Automobile Industry: Renault and Peugeot 159 -- 7.2. Public Services: EDF and SNCF 164 -- 7.3. The Household Appliances Sector: Moulinex and SEB 169 -- 7.4. The Steel Industry 174 -- 7.5. Understanding Outliers: Danone and Bull 177 -- 7.6. Conclusion: Large Firms in the French Political Economy 182 -- Part III. Conclusion: Large Firms and Industrial Change -- 8. Conclusion: Large Firms, Institutions, and Industrial Renewal 189 -- 8.1. France and Germany Compared 189 -- 8.2. Conclusion: Actors and Institutions Revisited 199.
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