Improving French Competitiveness through American Investment following World War II

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ID9623458
AutoresLaureen Kuo (0000-0003-2887-8977, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume91
Fascículo1
Páginas129-155
Data de publicação2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Business History Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0007680517000605
OpenAlexW2613992646
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas10

Drawing on corporate materials from the Banque de France, this article reveals a fact that is rarely raised in the study of foreign investment in France: among American investment in France, there are many cases in which French companies took the initiative in seeking American investment. Not all French companies were hostile to U.S. enterprises, even during the upsurge of French anti-Americanism, and the French Fifth Republic's restrictive policies toward American investment were not as rigorous as they might have appeared. Their major objective was to increase French competitiveness

Business · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Foreign direct investment · Investment (military · Market economy · Political science · Politics · World War II · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law