Between the market and the state: dilemmas of french policy for the electronics industry

This case study of the French electronics industry suggests the limits on a government's ability to shape the growth of a domestic industry that forms an integral part of an international market-place. The French state has been unable to alter the structure of the international industry or isolate French firms from its pressure. As a result its efforts to force firms to conform to the political goals of the state has slowly weakened them in the market-place and endangered the long-term basis of French strategy in the industry.     

The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change

This book relates how organizations have been able to engage the whole system (i.e., all of their employees) to enthusiastically participate in bringing about their own performance improvement. It documents the how and why of the success stories that follow the application of appreciative inquiry (AI) thinking and methodology. It explains the source of the transformative and generative power of AI. The application of AI methodology is helpfully illustrated with detailed case studies. The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change (2010; ISBN: 9781605093284; 303 pages; $32.95 also available in Kindle edition) is published by Berrett‐Koehler.