Saint-Gobain et ses banquiers, 1914-2000: enjeux et méthodes du financement d'une grande entreprise, [Saint-Gobain and its bankers, 1914–2000: Issues and methods of financing a large company] (2020)
Bonin, Hubert (Author)
Droz
Publication date: 2020
Language: French
Edition Details: Book series: Publications d'histoire économique et sociale internationale, Vol. 43
Physical Details: 183
Saint-Gobain a fêté ses 350 ans en 2015 : cette survie étonnante est due à l'esprit d'entreprise de sa direction, à une grande capacité d'innovation, à des salariés motivés, mais aussi à l'élasticité de sa stratégie. Depuis 1920, la firme s'est déployée dans plusieurs secteurs industriels et tertiaires, d'où un groupe diversifié (verre, chimie, distribution, etc.), en France puis en Europe, et enfin dans le monde entier Il a fallu mobiliser des flux de trésorerie et des capacités d'autofinancement. Aussi ce livre reconstitue-t-il l'histoire de la direction financière, de son action au sein des processus de décision. Cette direction aura été l'interlocutrice clé des banquiers, compagnons de route de Saint-Gobain, qui lui ont fourni des crédits, ont accompagné ses opérations financières et participé aux opérations boursières, dont quelques batailles. Grâce aux archives de Saint-Gobain et des banques, mais aussi à des entretiens avec des acteurs clés, l'ouvrage livre des faits et leur évolution, ainsi que l'analyse des talents de chaque partie prenante. Il soupèse les rapports de force entre une firme et ses banquiers, qui oscillent au gré des plus ou moins forts besoins d'argent. La banque relationnelle est au coeur des réflexions, autour de la notion de "banquier-maison"." Saint-Gobain celebrates its 350th anniversary in 2015: this impressive success is due to the entrepreneurial spirit of its direction, a great capacity for innovation, its motivations, but also the elasticity of its strategy. After 1920, the company was deployed in several industrial and tertiary sectors, hence a diversified group (vegetable, chemical, distribution, etc.), in France and in Europe, and finally in the world the fall was mobilized by the treasury flow and self-financing capabilities. Also in this book is the history of the financial management, of its actions in the decision-making process. This direction was the interlocutor of the bankers, companions on the route of Saint-Gobain, here he ont fourni des crédits, ont accompaniment of his financial operations and participé in the stock exchange operations, without such batailles. Thanks to the archives of Saint-Gobain and the banks, moreover to the entretiens with the famous actors, the booklet of the facts and the evolution, as well as the analysis of the talents of this particular season. Il soupèse les relationships de force entre une firme et ses banquiers, qui oscillate au gree des plus ou moins forts besoins d'argent. The banking relationship is at the heart of the reflections, author of the notion of "banking house". (Publisher)
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