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Michel PERRIN

Graduate of the world-renowned HEC Paris Business School , Michel Perrin was previously Director of Strategy & Marketing for a large European logistics group, before deciding to focus on consulting and training. He has developed and delivered custom training programs in B2B Marketing for the Executive Education programs at HEC for more than 15 years. He is currently head of PI Developpement, a consultancy company dedicated to advising and training technology companies in marketing and product policies.

The delicate definition of ‘product’ in technology

The definition of "product" is at the heart of both product portfolio management, product plan and product life cycle management. But in technology, what is ...
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The product plan at the heart of the product strategy

The success of a product in its market depends on the quality of the technical, strategic and marketing decisions associated with it.
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Analyzing marketing tools

Strategic and operational marketing in technology

We often speak of strategic marketing and operational marketing. The two activities are very different, even though they are often grouped together in the same ...
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Selling in technology: special features

In any company, sales activity can be carried out in different ways depending on the complexity of the sale and the cost of the sales ...
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Business line or single activity company strategy

The strategy of an activity or a single-activity company (also called business strategy to distinguish it from corporate strategy) consists of defining the "course" and ...
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Analyzing marketing tools

Business development in technology

Business development is often mistakenly confused with business development or business development, perhaps because "selling" is not considered prestigious enough. Yet in technology, business development ...
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Customer paying with NFC technology

What is customer value in technology?

Customer value is fundamentally A BALANCE between benefits and sacrifices for customers, which has an impact either on customer revenue or on customer costs.
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Analyzing marketing tools

Translating business strategy into marketing strategy

Marketing strategy is one of the different 'sub-strategies' serving the overall strategy of a company or business, just like industrial strategy, HR strategy or sales ...
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Dual robotic arms, welding system, new technology

Push or Pull, finding the right balance

Should innovation be based on internal capabilities, especially technical capabilities, or should it be in response to market or customer demand? The question is not ...
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Organising and planning innovation

It may seem paradoxical to talk about 'organising innovation', as it seems to be the 'brilliant idea' of an inventor. But innovation in the B2B/B2G ...
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