Aktualne problemy rozwoju i funkcjonowania francuskiego sektora państwowego

Abstract

Since the creation of the state productive sector in post-war France there have passed already almost thirty years. Stabilization of the scope of public property in that time and efforts to an active stimulation of the private and capitalist economy by the state have made it necessary to introduce few corrections in functioning of the state sector in order to maintain by the state a position of a serious partner of the private sector. The first group of changes consist of structural changes. They embrace from the one side — concentration and centralization of output and capital of state firms and on the other one — strengthening of co-operation with the private sector via the creation of common subsidiaries or the conclusion of co-operation agreement. The second group of changes — these are changes in management and social policy in the state firms. The third group concerns changes in the directions of state investments which shift from traditional fields (power supply and transport) into modern ones (chemical industry, electrotechnology) as well as new aspects of influencing economic growth through active promotion of scientific and technological progress and regional policy of state firms.