Do pure players still have a future? No industry can grow faster than 8-12% per year in the long term. All products, technologies, business models, uses, etc… follow lifecycles of different lengths, sometimes as long as decades. After having grown strongly, their growth stabilises and then reverses, even disappearing to the gain of other products, […]
Where does value come from? A recent article in the French magazine Challenges discusses the latest article by Jean Estin, “Where does value come from?”. Published in Challenges, October 2015 Read more
Décideurs ranking of best consulting firms Décideurs has published the 2014 ranking of the best consulting firms. In strategy management Estin & Co is among the best 5 consulting firms in France and the first boutique specialized in strategy consulting. Published in Décideurs Collection Guide-Annuaire 2014 Read more
Radio Interview of Jean Berg, Senior Vice President at Estin & Co The direction of a business’ strategy is not the only factor which drives its success or failure. Rather, the speed and the breadth of its implementation are also fundamental factors to its success. To put it another way, investing 100 in China over […]
Jean Estin is interviewed by Gregoire Favet on BFM TV on the 10 megatrends which will drive the worldwide economy for the next decade For any major Western group, a few simple questions arise. Is the group driven by one of these sources of growth? Is it sufficiently focused on it, with relevant investments? If […]
Worldwide growth in 10 years The magazine “l’Opinion” departs from the conclusions of an Estin & Co study. For a business looking for growth over the next ten years, in which markets should it seek to position itself? Published in l’Opinion, February 2014 Read more
The new “Silk Road” For global companies, emerging market economic development is shifting the balance of power and required resource focus from West to East. Estin & Co explores a few key examples from the automotive industry. Published in Challenges, February 2014 Read more
Estin & Co’s ranking in transaction services Estin & Co ranked amongst the very top consulting firms for its work in transaction services, according to leading industrialists in France. Published on Décideurs – Collection Guide-Annuaire, 2013-2014 Read more
Ten sources of growth For a company with revenue in the millions of euros, there are almost always new sources of growth available, provided it is willing to change its perspective on the market and redefine its business model. For a European group with revenue in the billions of euros, the issue is different. For […]
Speed and strategy In today’s markets, the success of a business strategy depends more than ever on the speed and the ambition at which it is carried out, rather than simply on identifying the right direction for the strategy. Ex post analyses of company or project failures generally show that the chosen strategy was directionally […]