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Corporate Governance And The Innovation System In France 1985-2000

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This paper investigates the relations between corporate governance and innovation in France over the period 1985-2000, with special focus on the development of firms' capabilities. The literature on innovation has often referred to a fit between environmental niches and institutional arrangements of corporate governance. By contrast, this paper presents the French case as an illustration of the numerous possibilities for institutional arrangements in ownership and control of industry and their multiple combinations with the national innovation system. The paper discusses the changing role - and importance - over time performed by the French system of corporate governance and its impact on the development of innovative capabilities by firms. The paper demonstrates that the impact of the national system of corporate governance on the innovative system is strongly mediated by the distribution of power and the conduct of business strategy inside large domestic firms.

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  • Michel Goyer, 2001. "Corporate Governance And The Innovation System In France 1985-2000," Industry and Innovation, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(2), pages 135-158.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:indinn:v:8:y:2001:i:2:p:135-158
    DOI: 10.1080/713670272
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    1. Colin Mayer, 1996. "Corporate Governance, Competition and Performance," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 164, OECD Publishing.
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    2. Gerard Cornilleau & Jerome Creel, 2014. "Financialisation and the Financial and Economic Crises: The Case of France," FESSUD studies fstudy22, Financialisation, Economy, Society & Sustainable Development (FESSUD) Project.
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