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Industrial Nationalism versus European Partnerships: An Analysis of State-Led Franco—German Interfirm Linkages

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  • Jean-Marc Trouille

    (School of Management, Bradford University, Emm Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD9 4JL, England)

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This paper examines the impact of state intervention in French—German interfirm linkages and discusses the implications of conflicting national interests for the furthering of single market integration. It demonstrates that, despite initial success in launching large-scale cross-border alliances in strategic sectors, France and Germany have remained divided by their own industrial nationalism. It argues that their respective attitudes towards industrial policy are less contradictory than would appear at first sight, but that transcending industrial nationalism by Europeanising the notion of economic patriotism would be an essential precondition for a more efficient EU-wide industrial policy within a better integrated internal market.

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  • Jean-Marc Trouille, 2014. "Industrial Nationalism versus European Partnerships: An Analysis of State-Led Franco—German Interfirm Linkages," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 32(6), pages 1059-1082, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:32:y:2014:i:6:p:1059-1082
    DOI: 10.1068/c0916b
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