----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- [Soemtimes, the HES list software does accept accented characters. For example, many of you will be able to see the accute accent on the "e" in Traite below. I hope you understand that I cannot control how characters are translated and, when possible, I will try to include accented letters in messages. HB] The topic 'what is an industry?' was dealt with in several messages on this list by the end of 2002 - I published some historical elements in the introduction to :Traité d'économie industrielle, 1000 pages R. Arena, L. Benzoni, De Bandt, ed., Paris, economica, 1991. If some people can read French, I could manage to send them these pages (I am considering to translate them into English) Alain ALCOUFFE ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]