[eng] The book publishing industry, for which we will argue ther market structure is one of oligopoly with a competitive fringe, offers a case study of the relationship between large and small enterprises. The small firms do not at all constitute a homogeneous group characterized by certain...

Using an exhaustive database with labour, accounting and financial market information on French firms (1994-2000), the authors analyse the causes and the consequences of a workforce reduction in 1996 - the year chosen as reference - on firms' performance in a long term perspective. One important...