Publications

Keywords: History; Demand and Consumers; France

2003
Working Paper

From Rents to Risks: France's New Innovation Policy

30 Jan 2024
News

Can Second-Generation Ethanol Production Help Decarbonize the World?

December 2006 (Revised March 2008)
Case

The European Union in the 21st Century

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull

Focuses on the challenges facing the European Union in 2006. Following the French and Dutch referendums in 2005, the fate of the European Constitution is in jeopardy. Ten new accession countries have just joined the EU, with Turkey in the beginning stages of the... View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government Administration; European Union

June 2006
Teaching Note

Wal-Mart in Europe (TN)

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull

Keywords: Retail Industry; Europe

May 2022
Case

Cultivo: Investing in Natural Capital

Article

Credit Access and Social Welfare: The Rise of Consumer Lending in the United States and France

Research into the causes of the 2008 financial crisis has drawn attention to a link between growing income inequality in the United States and high household indebtedness. Most accounts trace the U.S. idea of credit-as-welfare to the period of wage stagnation and... View Details

Keywords: Household Finance; Welfare State; Credit; Personal Finance; Welfare; Borrowing and Debt; France; United States

fall 2000
Article

More Trade, Safer Products

Keywords: Trade; Product

2004
Book

Silicon and the State: French Innovation Policy in the Internet Age

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Policy; Internet and the Web; France

January 2024
Background Note

The Carbon Age

Research Summary

The Politics of Food

This project explores the origins and evolution of national food cultures, emphasizing the sources of variation in terms of quality, safety, and 'sophistication'. Comparing food cultures in postwar Italy, France, and America, I argue that distinctive national... View Details

2006
Book

Consumer Capitalism: Politics, Product Markets, and Firm Strategy in France and Germany

Keywords: Customers; Economic Systems; Product; Markets; Strategy; France; Germany

fall 2002
Article

Policy Activism in a Globalized Economy: France's 35-hour Work Week

Keywords: Policy; Globalization; Economy; France

2000
Chapter

Divergent Paths of Product Market Regulation in France and Germany, 1970-1990

Keywords: Product Marketing; France; Germany

March 2024 (Revised November 2024)
Case

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Bets on Clean Hydrogen

By: Gunnar Trumbull, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), an engineering manufacturer headquartered in Japan, was aiming to scale up its hydrogen production and establish a global hydrogen supply chain. The initiative was in line with Japan's energy strategy, as the country seeks to transition... View Details

Keywords: Renewable Energy; Demand and Consumers; Competition; Growth and Development Strategy; Infrastructure; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry; Energy Industry