3. Demographics
• GDP: $2.097 trillion
• GDP: $14.14 trillion
• GDP per Capita: $32,600
• GDP per Capita: $46,000
• Population: 64 million
• Population: 307 million
• Population growth rate:
0.549%
• Population growth rate:
0.977%
18. What about business?
DON’T
When?
- during a job interview,
from the candidate
- during a job interview,
from the employer
- about politics
- in a restaurant
- in the middle of the day
why?
- all employees must be
affiliated by the employer to
the national health program
- "Do you have existing medical - it would be against the law
(discrimination)
conditions ?"
What?
- "What is your health plan ? "
- "What is the President's faith ? - The President is in charge of
ensuring secularism
- Considered rude and cheap
- "Can I have a doggy bag"
-"It's one pm : are you hungry
for a meal ? "
- When it's lunch time, you
have lunch, hungry or not!
19. USA - FRANCE
Americans
- are highly explicit
- optimist and positive :
value present and future, good at action
criticism
- binary : "it is true or false"
- like what is simple
- do not lie (it is bad)
- want to be loved
- social identity is based on the individual
French
- are highly implicit
- pessimist and negative :
value past ; good at analysis and
- law and contracts must be respected
- try not to get caught
- a contract is not linked to the relationship
- the contract is strongly associated
with it
- contextual : "it depends"
- like what is complex
- lying is no big deal
- want to be independent
- based on being a member of a group
- process oriented : everything must be clear - like grey zones and nuances ; very
creative
- try to get a win-win deal
- if the other one wins, it means that I'll
21. French Quiz! 1/3
What is the cost of tuition at Sorbonne for a year?
• $400
• $4,000
• $40,000
22. French Quiz! 1/3
What is the cost of tuition at Sorbonne for a year?
• $400
• $4,000
• $40,000
• Library : 26 €
Tuition : 102 €
Student activities : 9 €
University medical services : 5 €
Social security : 170 €Total : 312 € ( $ 420)
23. French Quiz! 2/3
The national bird of France is :
• the rooster?
• the sparrow?
• the pigeon?
24. French Quiz! 2/3
The national bird of France is :
• the rooster?
• the sparrow?
• the pigeon?
“No wonder the French took it as an emblem: it is
the only animal who can sing with his feet in mud
and believe that he is the one who makes the sun
rise...” Churchill.
25. French Quiz! 3/3
Rosé wine is made of:
• 2/3 red 1/3 white
• 1/3 red 2/3 white
• 100% red grapes
• 100% white grapes
26. French Quiz! 3/3
Rosé wine is made of:
• 2/3 red 1/3 white
• 1/3 red 2/3 white
• 100% red grapes
• 100% white grapes
Notes de l'éditeur
Largest region in Western Europe
Part of the European Union, adopted euro in January 1999
Borders Bay of Biscayne, English Channel, Mediterranean, Belgium, Spain, and Italy
Size is comparable to Texas, only slightly smaller
42nd largest country in the world
Territories include
French Guiana – northern South America
Guadeloupe and Martinique – Caribbean
Reunion – Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
Other smaller islands known as dependent areas
Population – 21st largest in the world (64,420,073)
US – 3rd (307,212,123)
65% - 15-64
18.6% - 14 and under
16.4% - 65 and older
Median age is 39.7
Women – 41.2
Men – 38.2
Population growing at .549%, ranks at 152; US just under 1%, .977%, ranks at 130
Family size is comparable about 2 kids
Life expectancy is 80.98, ranking 8
US is 78.11, ranking 49
Both countries have literacy rates of 99%, for total population, males and females
Spends 5.7% of GDP on education expenses, ranks 46
US spends 5.3%, ranks 57
Economy is currently transitioning from being extensively owned by the government to being more private
GDP estimated to be $2.097 trillion in 2009, ranks 9
US estimated GDP in 2009 was $14.14 trillion, ranks 2, only behind European Union as a whole
Per capita GDP $32,600 in 2009, ranks 41
US per capita $46,000, ranks 11
Services – 78.9%, Industry – 19.3%, Agriculture – 1.8%
US: services – 76.9%, industry – 21.9%, agriculture – 1.2%
Industries include: machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics, textiles, food processing and tourism
Third largest income in the world from tourism, most visited country in the world with 75 million foreign tourists annually
#1 competitor in aeronautics
Airbus produces about half of the world’s jet airliners, produces the world’s largest airliner
TGV is a high speed train and is one of the first choices for business and personal travel due to the small size of the country, can take the train anywhere
World’s largest exporter of electric power
Electricity cost is among lowest in Europe
Nuclear power industry is considered a success and has put it ahead of the world for providing cheap and clean energy
World leader in production of nuclear power by percentage
Economy is becoming less controlled by the government and more privatized
Many banks and insurers are now private; however, maintains its presence in power, public transportation, and defense industries
Various ethnic groups: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, and Basque minorities
Main religion is Roman Catholic – 83-88%, Protestant – 2%, Jewish – 1%, Muslims – 5%, remaining 4% unaffiliated
French is the official language spoken by the entire population
Regional dialects and languages include: Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, and Flemish
Mild summers and cool winters
Summers can be quite hot near Mediterranean and winters are milder
Mistral is a strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind occasionally experienced
North sees lots of rain, South is much nicer, the middle is a combination
Flat plains and gentle hills make up the majority of the terrain, remaining is mountainous – Alps in the east, Pyrenees in the south
Natural disasters – flooding, avalanches, midwinter storms, droughts and forest fires