La restructuration des PMI a Saint-Etienne apres la crise : traces du passe et limites de l'integration horizontale the recession: Remnants of the ... [An article from: Sociologie du travail]

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On the basis of a survey conducted in Saint-Etienne, France, as part of a comparative European project on ''modes of governance'' in local economies (which, thus, takes into account the level of small and medium-sized industry and the middle level of the territory), questions are raised about the goods and services that enable these industries to be competitive with big firms or holdings. For these industries, solutions developed two decades ago for the machine tool industry, mechanics and metal-working are still significant resources. The momentum detected in a small number of fields can lead to an increasing specialization and horizontal integration that favor a more competitive growth. How to know whether this momentum results from still (temporarily) active remnants of the past or whether it is evidence of a collective impetus that can stimulate new economic growth?