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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.

Understanding your market in technology

What does it mean to understand your market and your markets for a B2B/B2G company?
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Customer orientation in technology

Being customer-oriented is both essential and a source of difficulties for the B2B/B2G company, as it is necessary to combine a highly technical internal culture ...
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Why so many new technology products fail

A very large number of new technology products or services are commercial failures. The causes of failure can be multiple, but they can be grouped ...
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Technology, competitiveness and marketing

The B2B/B2G technology company must combine technical excellence, competitiveness and relevance to market and customer expectations.
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The product manager in technology

The product manager (or sometimes product owner, with some differences and abuses of language) is at the heart of the mechanics of the offer in ...
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Stage-gates: at the heart of product lifecycle management in technology

High-tech products are often characterised by incorporating innovative technologies, having a long development time and sometimes a very high development cost, being accompanied by services ...
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Cooperating in the high-tech B2B/B2G company

If there is one area that is particularly characteristic of the high-tech B2B/B2G company, it is the vital need to cooperate with multiple actors, both ...
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Technology marketing

Practising marketing in technology

Marketing in technology must be practised, whether you call it that or not. But what exactly is the starting point?
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Analyzing marketing tools

Should we talk about “marketing” in technology companies?

Marketing does not get a good press in 'engineering companies'! Often associated with what is perceived as the excesses of mainstream marketing or the lies ...
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Business to consumer

In the mirror: some marketing practices of the general public

Many of the marketing practices of the general public are not relevant in technology. Nevertheless, it is useful to be aware of them as some ...
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