The French wood and timber industries are increasingly subject to international competition. Businesses and regions have developed thinking and actions aiming to improve their competitiveness and support the survival of local fabrics of small and medium enterprises. On the basis of an...

Conventional wisdom indicates that the growth of credit may not materialize if credit rates remain capped by usury laws, as had long been the case in France. France therefore abolished usury ceilings on loans to microenterprise in an effort to increase financing for microenterprises. This should...