Attended a most interesting INSEAD breakfast presentation last week by François Momboisse, President since 2002 of the FEVAD (the association covering eCommerce and distance selling in France). François is also head of international digital operations for the FNAC (a leading retailer of high tech and cultural goods). Herewith a little state of the e-business in France.
Tag Archives | France
Two parallel competing models: Craigslist/OLX and LinkedIn/Viadeo
Organic or Acquisitive Growth? A comparison of the Linkedin/Viadeo (professional social network) and Craigslist/OLX (online classifieds) battles. I see an organic growth model allowing for a more homogenous type of community build. Both Linkedin and Craigslist have the first mover advantage and have chosen to pursue this option. The challengers (and ‘late comers’), Viadeo and OLX, have opted for growth via acquisition. Both challengers are well positioned to capture the local market based on their core business. However, both are going to have a more razor-edge approach to their finances in that they will need to amortize/optimize their investments in the local players. While the fight between OLX and Craigslist is more head-to-head in that they are looking at exactly the same markets in the countries in which they do business, Viadeo and Linkedin benefit from a more segmented approach.
The French Service Issue : “mal compris”
French Service. For some, this is an oxymoron. Some like to say the same thing of American Intelligence. But as far as French Intelligence is concerned and American Service, we tend to be on the right track! Regarding French service, there has been much written about the issue of bad, snooty-nosed, unfriendly service in French’s [...]
Women’s Day 2010 – The French Equilibrium
In Paris, yesterday, I attended a conference hosted by the MEDEF (the union of employers in France), where the ORSE (Observatory of Societal Responsibility in Enterprises) was promoting among other things the arrival of a new book, « Patrons Papas: paroles de dirigeants sur l’équilibre travail et vie privée » (Editions du Cherche Midi) or “Papa Bosses: [...]
Smartphone invasion continues … everywhere
Connected phones going global A wave of publications on 2009 results show that the smartphone invasion continued at a great and global pace, outstripping the wildest predictions of only a few years ago. Clearly, the people are voting with their pocket books and a certain number of companies (Apple, Google, Nokia, network operators, in the [...]
Momentum Effect by Jean-Claude Larréché (INSEAD)
I attended a presentation last week by Jean-Claude Larréché, famed marketing professor from INSEAD (still teaching there and also was there when I attended in 1993). Jean-Claude gave a short and punchy overview of the key points of his latest book, “The Momentum Effect” which was published by Wharton School Publishing last year and is [...]
GEF 2009 Ipsos Study on Women in Business in France – 10 measure manifesto
I attended a GEF (Grandes Ecoles au Feminin [1]) conference yesterday, here in Paris, at which I listened to the results of an Ipsos study entitled, “How to improve the mix of women in management [in France].” You can read the French results here. This was the fourth time that a study had been commissioned [...]
Measuring Quality of Life – A review between France and USA
As part of my Franco-American profile, I am naturally drawn to reading about comparisons and competition between France and the US. I came across this May 2009 article, France Beats America, which describes France’s epicurean passion for “living it up” in terms of eating, sleeping and holidaying. On the eating front, as much as obesity [...]
MEDEF 2009: Ethical Capitalism – A call for transparency?
MEDEF UNIVERSITE D’ETE PLENARY SESSION – 3 September, 2009 “Will capitalism become ethical or not?”Plenary Session animated by Jean-Pierre Elkabach Below I will highlight a few points that I took away from the two hour plenary session, brilliantly managed by JP Elkabach, on Ethical Capitalism at the MEDEF Summer University 2009. As with the other [...]
Cherie Blair delivers opening speech at MEDEF Universite d’Ete 2009
If the plight of children and the role of women is the key issue for the MEDEF Summer University [Universite d'Ete] 2009, Ms. Cherie Blair was a wonderful choice to open the conference. If her speech felt a little long, there were many interesting points raised in her 30 minute speech. I captured below a [...]
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