LESOURNE, Jacques

LESOURNE, Jacques. French, b. 1928. Genres: Economics, History, International relations/Current affairs, Social sciences. Career: Charbonnages de France, chief of economic department, 1954-57; SEMA and METRA International Group, CEO, France, 1958-75; Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris, professor of economics, 1975-91; Le Monde, Paris, chief executive officer, 1991-. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, director of Interfutures Project, 1976-79. Taught economics at engineering schools. Publications: Technique economique et gestion industrielle, 1958, trans. as Economic Analysis and Industrial Management, 1963; Economic Technique and Industrial Management, 1959; Le calcul economique, 1964, trans. as Cost-Benefit Analysis and Economic Theory, 1975; Du bon usage de l'etude economique dans l'entreprise, 1966; The Management Revolution, 1971; Modeles de croissance des entreprises, 1973; A Theory of the Individual for Economic Analysis, 1977; (with R. Loue) L'analyse des decisions d'amenagement regional, 1979; Demain, la France dans le monde, 1980; Colloque CNRS Analyse de systeme, 1980; Les mille sentiers de L'avenir, 1981, trans. as World Perspectives, 1982, rev. ed., 1986; Soirs et Lendemains de fete, 1984; L'entreprise et ses futurs, 1985; (with Loue) La gestion des villes, 1985; (with M. Godet) La fin des habitudes, 1985; Education et societe, 1988; (with B. Lecomte) De L'Atlantique a L'Oural, 1990, trans. as After Communism, 1991; Economie de L'ordre et du desordre, 1991, trans. as The Economics of Order and Disorder, 1992; Ou va L'Etat?, 1992; Un homme de notio siecle, 1999; Des avenirs qui n'ont pas en liere, 2001; (with A. Orlean and B. Wallises) Lecons de microecunomie evolutionniste, 2003. Address: 52 rue de Vangirard, 75006 Paris, France. Online address: [email protected]