François Joseph Charles Simiand was a French sociologist and economist best known as a participant in the Année Sociologique. As a member of the French Historical School of economics, Simiand predicated a rigorous factual and statistical basis for theoretical models and policies. His contribution to French social science was recognized in 1931 when, at the age of 58, he was elected to the faculty of the Collège de France and accepted the chair in labor history.
Competitive intelligence (CI) is the action of defining, gathering, analyzing, and distributing intelligence about products, customers, competitors, and any aspect of the environment needed to support executives and managers in strategic decision making for an organization.
Serge Latouche is a French emeritus professor of economics at the University of Paris-Sud. He holds a degree in political sciences, in philosophy and in economy.
Yves P. Pelletier is a Canadian film director, actor and comedian.
Michel Crozier was a French sociologist and member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques from 1999 until his death. He also was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as a laureate of the Prix Alexis de Tocqueville (1997).
Yves Pouliquen is a doctor. His work focused on the pathology of the cornea.
Jean Fourastié was a French economist, notable for having coined the expression Trente Glorieuses to describe the period of prosperity that France experienced from the end of World War II until the 1973 oil crisis (1945-1973).
Bertrand Moingeon, Professor of Strategic Management is Executive Vice-President and Dean for Executive Education and Corporate Initiatives at ESCP Europe.
Christian de Boissieu is a French professor of economics at Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Paris.
Craig S. Fleisher is a scholar, advisor and author who has written or edited several important books in the fields of public affairs, business insight and competitive intelligence and analysis. Before becoming Dean of the Business School at the College of Coastal Georgia, he was awarded two endowed research chair positions while a Professor of Business at the Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. His research addresses phenomena in the areas of business and competitive intelligence, corporate public affairs, and performance management and measurement. Since 2011 Dr. Fleisher has served as the Chief Learning Officer of Aurora WDC, a 20+ year old professional services firm (PSF) headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Manuloc was the first French company to offer full service contracts for maintenance of forklifts fleet in 1964, after a business trip of its founding leader Mr. VERPILLEUX in USA.
Albert Merlin was a French economist and vice-president of the "Presaje" institute, which deals with the interaction between the economy and Law.
The Albert Londres Prize is the highest French journalism award, named in honor of journalist Albert Londres. Created in 1932, it was first awarded in 1933 and is considered the French equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. Three laureates are awarded each year. The three categories are : "best reporter in the written press", "best audiovisual reporter" and "best reporting book".
Philippe N. Baumard graduated from the University of Aix-Marseille II, and Paris Dauphine University. Philippe Baumard is an organizational scientist who has held visiting professorships at New York University from 1997 to 1998, University of California, Berkeley from 2004 to 2007, Stanford University from 2008 to 2010. He is currently Professor at the French National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (CNAM), associate-researcher at École Polytechnique's Chair on Innovation & Regulation, Paris, Professor at the School of Economic Warfare, Paris, and President of the scientific council of France's High Council for Strategic Education and Research
Marc Hostert is an official of the Government of Luxembourg who is working at the European Court of Auditors. Active in television and radio media in Luxembourg, he is one of the judges of the RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg television show Success Story. He also appears on the RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg show Kapital and the RTL Radio show Carte Blanche.
Henri Martre was a French telecommunications engineer. He headed both the Délégation générale pour l'armement, the aerospace conglomerate Aérospatiale and the French Aerospace Industries Association (GIFAS). He was considered one of the main promoters in France of "competitive intelligence".
Bernard Maris was a French economist, writer and journalist who was also a shareholder in Charlie Hebdo magazine. He was murdered on 7 January 2015, during the shooting at the headquarters of the magazine in Paris.
Gilles d'Ambra Azzopardi is a French psychosociologist. He is the author of numerous books on practical psychology for the mainstream readers, on male-female relationships and management. In this respect, he is an active contributor in his role as Strategic Advisor for Monkey-tie, the first recruitment platform that links people to businesses based on corporate culture and personality.
Raphaël Michel Hamburger is a French producer and a soundtrack music supervisor.
Georges Elgozy was Inspector General of the National Economy and President of the European Committee for Economic and Cultural Cooperation. Throughout his career he published works combining minds and observations of his time, attacking the power invaded by the caste of elites of the "ENA". His witty words are often quoted.
