PRIME MOVERS
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Paris Match

Strategic Concepts & Mechanics

Strategic PatternEuropean Champion Against Anglo-Saxon Model
Signature MoveHelicopter Into the Office, Terror on Tuesday
Signature MoveDynasty Over Dividends
Signature MoveTen Baskets Never One Catastrophe
Cornerstone MoveControl Without Paying the Price
Cornerstone MoveFriendly Call Then Capital Siege
Risk DoctrineReasonable Adventures Doctrine
Operating PrinciplePoliteness as Refusal to Say No
Capital StrategyBreton Pulleys Capital Architecture
Relationship LeverageBernheim as Deal Godfather
Signature MoveHis Own Truth Subject to Change
Signature MoveRecurring Cash Funds the Crazy Bets
Strategic PatternContent Platform Not Channel Bouquet
Competitive AdvantageFamily Tree as Attack Map
Cornerstone MoveSell at the Cycle Peak, Strike in the Trough
Identity & CultureSolipsist Commander on the Bridge
Risk DoctrineMonarch's Fortune on the Line
Strategic PatternCaptive Market Before Mass Market
Strategic PatternPrizes and Spectacles as R&D Accelerators
Capital StrategyPartnership Limited by Shares as Power Weapon
Signature MoveRegistration Numbers Not Names
Identity & CultureClan Secrecy Forged in Clermont Soil
Signature MovePencil Stubs and Metro Rides for the Boss
Cornerstone MoveRescue the Customer, Own the Industry
Signature MoveApprentice Files Scrap Metal Under a False Name
Competitive AdvantageSupplier Fragmentation as Secrecy Architecture
Operating PrincipleFacts on the Floor Not Reports in the Office
Cornerstone MoveSelf-Finance Until the World Is Too Small, Then Debt-Fund Continental Conquest
Competitive AdvantageCustomer as Battering Ram Against Intermediaries
Signature MoveLocked Doors Even Against de Gaulle
Cornerstone MoveMake the World Need More Tires Before Selling Them
Signature MoveSabotage Your Own Tires for the Enemy
Cornerstone MoveWartime Radial in a Basement, Peacetime Dominance for Decades

Primary Evidence

"Vincent Bolloré theorized this necessity of "conquests," as long as he wanted to remain the master of his capital and his destiny. "What we need in France is a capitalism of exploration, independence, and perseverance," he summarizes in his very wise interview with Paris Match, always at the turn of the century. This is what we do in the Bolloré Group, which remains deeply attached to the region where it was born, Brittany, but does not hesitate to be as efficient as American capitalism by carrying out profitable financial operations."

Source:Bollore, l'Homme Qui Inquiete

"long-term investment," says Vivendi, which is cheap (220 million euros), for a waiting position in a 7 billion euros revenue group, present in publishing (Hachette), airport retail (Relay), and still possessing a few powerful media tools (Europe 1, Paris Match, and Le Journal du Dimanche)."

Source:Bollore, l'Homme Qui Inquiete

"In the United States, the drift dates back to the great crisis of 1929, “the first crisis of dirigisme.” To Georges Menant of Paris Match, he explained in 1978 that “Roosevelt decided to innovate by applying to the American economy the famous remedies advocated by Keynes: devaluation, income redistribution, industry control, and multiplication of public investments. This resulted in a spectacular recovery that everyone would applaud without seeing, furthermore, that the unemployment rate remained very high and would remain so."

Source:Michelin: A Century of Secrets

Appears In Volumes

Bollore, l'Homme Qui InquieteMichelin: A Century of Secrets