Knowledge on the
francophone economic area
André Leclerc
Economics Professor, UMCE
and
Chaire des caisses populaires acadiennes en gestion
des coopératives,
Faculty of business, U. de Moncton
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Reactions to text by Duhamel et al.
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Demonstrates well the difficulties posed by
the definition and measurement of the
francophone economic area
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Pursue efforts on inclusion of linguistic variables
in surveys
Model ignores role of language as
competitive capital
Economic area as territorial and community
concept
Mother tongue versus everyday language
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Perspectives on the panel theme
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Economic space as seen from angle of
organizations
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Central role of networks in the emergence of collective
intelligence (Paquet, 1996)
The place of business organizations and of economic
development
Economic area as seen from angle of
economic models
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The place of collective entrepreneurship in the
development model
Cooperatives and social economy businesses
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Economic space seen from angle of
collaborations
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Success of francophone entrepreneurship
depends on degree of collaboration between
entrepreneurs
Calling on Quebec entrepreneurs
Cooperative sector offers an interesting example
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