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Education clusters: Universities use reforms to remove barriers

By Ross Tieman

Published: December 16 2009 23:23 | Last updated: December 16 2009 23:23

Any large company chief executive can wax eloquent on the need to break down corporate silos and to manage and share knowledge across the enterprise to promote organic growth.

France is trying to do the same across an entire economy, while simultaneously bolstering and modernising education, research and innovation. After five years of effort, only now are reforms and initiatives beginning to achieve change for the better.

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