French export: A way to improve France's competitiveness

The financial crisis has highlighted France's bad economic situation. France is now facing two major issues directly related: the degradation of its exportations and the general deterioration of its competitiveness during the last decade. French export is now a central subject, considered by many as a major lever in order to allow France's recovery. In this work, I will try to analyze French export and to identify the main causes of its decline. By doing so, we will be able to understand the reasons of France's lack of competitiveness in exporting its products, and then, to find the potential means to improve it.

Holder of a Bachelor Degree from the Toulouse School of Business and a Master Degree in International Business from the Grenoble Graduate School of Business, Télio Gourdon has travelled, studied and worked abroad for several years. He therefore chose to focus his final academic paper on international business, from a French point-of-view.