The coexistence of a predominantly poor opinion of free markets and lack of education in economics are two documented features of France. In this paper, we use data collected through an Internet-based survey conducted in December 2009 in order to test whether this situation is more than a mere...

Our analysis explores how a key managerial competence, the supplier relations dynamic capability, was progressively developed and implemented by Renault over a quarter of a century. As our historical approach will demonstrate, this construction process followed three main periods, each of which...

The French automobile sector crisis is also that of its relational governance between OEMs and their suppliers. Moreover and beyond financial hardship, new needs that appear around globalization, decarbonated mobility, and digitalization of the automobile offer require the industry to rethink...