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R&D strategies in Europe and the U.S.--Can the current global recession stimulate cross-Atlantic collaboration?

If you sit down and compare what the US Government and European Union stimulus packages are targeting you can’t help but notice they have a lot in common...

Efficiency: Intersecting Energy, Environment and Security Imperatives
Imported Oil - A Security, Economic and Environmental Threat to the United States. The presentation given by Oliver Griffith at the Energy Efficiency Global Forum and Exposition.
The Current State of French Immigration Law

An article by immigration lawyer Haywood M. Wise explaining French Immigration.

2008 Bain-AmCham Barometer
This is the 2008 Bain Barometer, as presented at the Press Conference held at AmCham on October 22, 2008. The AmCham - Bain Barometer "Le Moral des investisseurs americains en France" has been a reference work on the investment climate in France sinc
Temoignages: M. Gruffat "Des Collaborateurs qui jouent le role de pont culturels"
A brief article, in French, quoting our current President, Jean-Claude Gruffat. It touches on the current financial crisis.
Paulson's Plan is Necessary But Insufficient
Jean Claude Gruffath, AmCham President, is interviewed in Les Echoes newspaper concerning the present economic crisis and the Bailout Plan from the U.S. Congress.
Contribution de la chambre de commerce americaine en France
Privacy policy and how you treat private data
Quid de la vertu des banques?
The banking crisis of 2007 is still being felt by people everywhere. An economic article written by President of AmCham, Jean-Claude Gruffat,
Class action: l’exemple américain par Jean-Claude Gruffat
L'introduction d'une action collective au profit des consommateurs est de nouveau sur l'agenda de nos gouvernants, comme l'a expliqué avec conviction Luc Chatel dans ces colonnes
New media regulation: What’s on the horizon? By Winston Maxwel, a partner at Hogan & Hartson, and Olivier Esper, head Policy Counsel of
A buzzword in the 1990’s, convergence today delivers concrete meaning and services: Combined fixed/mobile telephone services, television broadcasts over mobile phones, and a whole new generation of Internet applications known as “Web 2.0.”
L’ARCEP - ex ART - fête ses 10 ans Par Dominique Baroux, responsable des affaires règlementaires de la société AT&T pour l’Europe, le Moyen-Orient et l’Afrique
L’Autorité de Régulation des Télécom (ART) a été crée en 1997. Elle prenait en charge la gestion des télécommunications, à coté d’une autorité pré-existante, le Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel, (CSA) qui s’occupe de la télévision. Le pre
The Ups and Downs of Student Exchanges By Christopher Cripps,Associate Dean for International Affairs Grenoble Ecole de Management
Why do French business students want to study in the US on an exchange program? Old answer: to get a job there afterwards and live the ‘American Dream’ New answer: because there weren’t enough exchange places at schools in China and India
Rhône-Alpes, terre d’élection américaine, By Eric Fagot, Regional Chairman of AmCham France
En dépit de la concurrence grandissante des pays à faibles coûts de maind’oeuvre, Rhône-Alpes concentre un important vivier d’entreprises américaines utilisant savamment les atouts de la région pour rester compétitives.
What Sarkozy’s Election Means, By Oliver Griffith American Chameber of Commerce France Managing Director
What will the recent election of President Sarkozy mean for France and its position in the world?
The world switches ON, by Dominique Dumortier, the business development director for ON Semiconductor in EMEA
ON Semiconductor,whose French subsidiary in Toulouse has beenan France corporatemember since 2000, provides global answers to power supply questions. The company recognizes that, in its industry, “the future is today — or, at the very latest, tomorr
Reigniting the flame, by François Béglin, chairman of the France Midi-Pyrénées chapter and tax partner, Ernst & Young Société d’Avocats (Toulouse)
Midi-Pyrénées and more specifically Toulouse, are also well known for their aerospace industry.
Cloudy skies over Blagnac? Today’s insider-trading dilemma, by Leandro De Sa, owner LDS (Lean Development) in the Midi-Pyrenees region, and adviser to AmChamFrance's regional chapter on development opportunities
Lightning strikes? Erupting over Toulouse’s Blagnac airport and the headquarters of Airbus (an EADS company), the storm about possible flaws in corporate governance at European’s aerospace leader has been brewing not for months but for year
Executive Search and Assessment as Enablers of Corporate Governance By Henry de Montebello, Managing Director of Russell Reynolds Associates, AmChamFrance Board of Director, and Co-Chair of Membership Task Force
Over the last few years, views— and actions —- relating to corporate governance have changed significantly in France. Here’s a rundown of what has changed, and the role of executive search in driving these changes.
Les « Midcaps » françaises: consolidation sur le plan de la gouvernance d’entreprise by Dominique Pageaud est associé, responsible gouvernement d'entreprise chez Ernst & Young Société d'Avocats
Selon une étude Ernst & Young, les valeurs moyennes cotées sur Euronext Paris — les « Midcaps » françaises — ont affiché, en 2006, des indicateurs au mieux de leur forme avec des performances financières et boursières plus que satisfaisantes
Northern bubbles...and power drinks
One of the region’s most important manufacturing sites is the Coca-Cola Production plant in Socx, near Dunkirk.
FedEx expanding operations in the North
Following the 1999 opening of its hub at the Charles de Gaulle Paris airport, FedEx has been moving to increase its ability to service customers in France directly.
The compass always points…North by Thierry Mabille is Director General of the Lille Metropole Development Agency
The largest crossborder metropolis in Europe, centered around the France’s “North” department, has set up a “Eurodistrict”: a Franco-Belgian body for political, economic and social coordination and decision-making.
Renewal of North-Picardy chapter by Pascal Mitaux, District Sales Manager, Northern France, FedEx
I'm thrilled that a new AmCham will re-open its doors in the French departments of
Connections amidst the emptiness: internet protocolin space by Richard Sanford, Director for Space and Intelligence within the Global Government Solutions Group at Cisco Systems
Space, once the empty realm of disparate satellites relaying information to and from the Earth, is now at the forefront of the technology revolution. Newly arrived competitive forces and technology experts, such as Cisco Systems, have enabled commerc
Histoire de la création de la Boeing French Team by Yves Galland, President de Boeing France
La team mise en place par Boeing France voici trois ans, a comme but d’exploiter le potentiel technologique de l’industrie aéronautique française pour tisser des liens solides entre Boeing et la France.
FedEx@Roissy:The growth hub of cargo, Ile de France
Express delivery visionary Fred Smith,founder and CEO of FedEx, chose Ile-de-France’s growing Roissy airport to create what has become a world-class hub for cargo service — before the instant Internet (a.k.a.as "@") was much more than a gleam in the
Première région économique d’Europe by Regis Baudin, directeur général de l’Agence Régionale de Développement Paris Ile-de-France
L’économie d’Île de-France est riche,dynamique, diversifiée,compétitive, créative et innovante. La Région capitale constitue pour les entreprises qui s’y créent,un marché de débouchésimmense, local,national et européen,de 495 millions de consommateur
Faire de l’innovation le moteur d’une croissance profitable - by Didier Givert,Directeur Associé chez PRTM
L’amélioration de la rentabilité de l’innovation est un sujet sensible pour de nombreuses entreprises.Quels sont les principaux leviers que doivent maîtriser les managers afin de faire de l’innovation un réel moteur de la croissance et de la profitab
France’s new R&D tax credit: Raising the value of innovation - By Nathalie Cordier-Deltour and Guillaume Martenot,attorneys-at-law at Fidal Direction Internationale.
After several reforms over the past four years, the French R&D tax credit (known by its French initials as CIR) will once again be modified from 2008 on. The current CIR is already a very competitive mechanism by world standards.
Assigned overseas:Agent for global innovation - By Andrew Skobinsky,Paris-based senior consultant and global account manager for Aperian Global
Andrew Skobinsky, a Paris-based senior consultant and global account manager for Aperian Global, has extensive experience in corporate communications (internal and external),investor relations, global project management and international logistics, a
Techno + besoin = innovation - By Bernard Cicut,Président, 3M en France.
Chez 3M, dans ledomaine de l’innovation,il y a d’abord une envie :celle de faire découvrir ladiversité du groupe, de larendre palpable. Depuissa création, 3M a été àl’origine de nombreusesdécouvertes. En fait,l’innovation est considéréenon seulement
Rising…and falling: power both ways - by Albert Crosby, OTIS manager of sales, marketing and communication.
If it seems somehow logical that power can be recovered when an object moves in only one direction (say, down), then think again. Indeed, the laws of physics tell us that it takes as much power to put an object in motion as it takes to stop it. Leave

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