Cultural and historical heritages as factors of economic competitiveness - Case study of France

Pierre-Louis Boussagol

Master's thesis

Abstract:

The main objectives of the thesis is to understand the influence of cultural and historical heritages on the economic competitiveness of a country. The thesis focuses on France and on its history and cultural heritages to demonstrate in a concrete situation how the different factors impact the economic competitiveness.The thesis will be divided in two distinct parts: a theoretical part and a practical part. The theoretical part will be based on the analysis of different sources (primary and secondary sources). These sources will permit to analyze and define the different notions, to classify several historical and cultural heritages as factors of economic competitiveness and to focus on tourism as a comparative advantage. The practical part is based on the case study of France. French economic competitiveness is analyzed under the spectrum of historical and cultural heritages. The thesis will go through different cultural aspects of France which make French economic competitiveness: its history, its tourism, French wine as a cultural product and other cultural aspects as French language and French gastronomy.

Keywords

Culture, History, Heritages, Economic Competitiveness, France, Tourism, Country advantages

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 30. 3. 2016

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: doc. Ing. Mansoor Maitah, Ph.D. Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme / odbor:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management