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Regions are leaders of change and innovation

27 April, 2015 By Editor

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Nicolas Bouzou is a French economist born in 1976. He founded Asterès, a consultancy firm, in 2006. He is Director of Studies in the MBA Law & Management program at the University of Paris II Assas.

In April 2015, Nicolas Bouzou gave an interview to the AER, in which he analyzes the leading position of the regions, and their key role as actors of change and innovation.

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