Jean-Claude Biver : l'homme qui a sauvé la montre mécanique / Jean-Claude Biver ; entretiens avec Gérard Lelarge.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Paris : Eyrolles, 2015Description: 197 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
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ISBN:
  • 9782212562187
  • 2212562187
Subject(s): Summary: Jean-Claude Biver restored Swiss watchmaking to its former glory in the 1980s and 1990s, when, faced with the arrival of Japanese quartz watches, he successively revived Blancpain, re-positioned Omega and gave new impetus to Porthole. He now heads the watch division of LVMH. His success goes hand-in-hand with a very strong vision of entrepreneurship, management and innovation, which makes him a pioneer, an inventor of new paths. Because, as he used to say, succeeding always means being "the first, different and unique". Jean-Claude Biver shares here, with us, his experience as a great captain of industry. [back cover]Summary: Jean-Claude Biver a redonné ses lettres de noblesse à l'horlogerie suisse dans les années 1980 et 1990, quand, face à l'arrivée des montres à quartz japonaises, il a successivement fait revivre Blancpain, repositionné Omega et donné un nouvel essor à Hublot. Il dirige aujourd'hui la division montres de LVMH. Sa réussite va de pair avec une vision très forte de l'entrepreneuriat, du management et de l'innovation, qui fait de lui un défricheur, un inventeur de nouveaux chemins. Car, a-t-il coutume de dire, réussir suppose toujours d'être "le premier, différent et unique". Jean-Claude Biver partage ici, avec nous, son expérience de grand capitaine d'industrie. [4e de couverture]

Jean-Claude Biver restored Swiss watchmaking to its former glory in the 1980s and 1990s, when, faced with the arrival of Japanese quartz watches, he successively revived Blancpain, re-positioned Omega and gave new impetus to Porthole. He now heads the watch division of LVMH. His success goes hand-in-hand with a very strong vision of entrepreneurship, management and innovation, which makes him a pioneer, an inventor of new paths. Because, as he used to say, succeeding always means being "the first, different and unique". Jean-Claude Biver shares here, with us, his experience as a great captain of industry. [back cover]

Jean-Claude Biver a redonné ses lettres de noblesse à l'horlogerie suisse dans les années 1980 et 1990, quand, face à l'arrivée des montres à quartz japonaises, il a successivement fait revivre Blancpain, repositionné Omega et donné un nouvel essor à Hublot. Il dirige aujourd'hui la division montres de LVMH. Sa réussite va de pair avec une vision très forte de l'entrepreneuriat, du management et de l'innovation, qui fait de lui un défricheur, un inventeur de nouveaux chemins. Car, a-t-il coutume de dire, réussir suppose toujours d'être "le premier, différent et unique". Jean-Claude Biver partage ici, avec nous, son expérience de grand capitaine d'industrie. [4e de couverture]

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The life story and philosophy of Swiss horological entrepreneur anf businessman Jean-Claude Biver who in the 1980s and 1990s, revived Swiss high grade mechanical watchmaking as an executive at Blancpin, Omega and Hublot, and who today runs the global watch division of tyhe French LVMH Conglomerate, including TAG Heuer

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