{"id":527,"date":"2018-12-26T14:51:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T14:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattersgraph.com\/?post_type=insight&p=527"},"modified":"2026-06-16T17:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:03:10","slug":"observations-on-how-financial-pe-and-strategic-corp-dev-investors-consider-segmentation-opportunities-differently-from-one-another","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/mattersgraph.com\/fr\/insights\/observations-on-how-financial-pe-and-strategic-corp-dev-investors-consider-segmentation-opportunities-differently-from-one-another\/","title":{"rendered":"018 : Observations sur la mani\u00e8re dont les investisseurs financiers (PE) et strat\u00e9giques (d\u00e9veloppement d'entreprise) envisagent diff\u00e9remment les opportunit\u00e9s de segmentation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Au service d'une client\u00e8le tr\u00e8s diversifi\u00e9e, j'ai constat\u00e9 une tendance : les groupes de d\u00e9veloppement d'entreprise les plus performants (les \u201c Strat\u00e9giques \u201d) consid\u00e8rent les segments de client\u00e8le comme un moyen de cr\u00e9ation de valeur des actifs, et ce, d'une mani\u00e8re qui surpasse celle de nombreuses soci\u00e9t\u00e9s de capital-investissement.<\/p>\n\n

Les groupes Corp Dev (les meilleurs de leur cat\u00e9gorie) mettent davantage l'accent sur le sujet (des segments de clients et\/ou d'utilisateurs) dans leur th\u00e8se d'investissement provisoire et leur plan de cr\u00e9ation de valeur, et ils apportent des missions de segmentation plus urgentes pour notre travail de diligence raisonnable.<\/p>\n\n

Je soup\u00e7onne que cette relative habilet\u00e9 d\u00e9coule de plusieurs facteurs, notamment du caract\u00e8re plus opportuniste de nombreuses activit\u00e9s d'investisseurs financiers et de la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de mod\u00e9rer l'\u00e9nergie consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 l'analyse des subtilit\u00e9s des march\u00e9s. Par ailleurs, les investisseurs strat\u00e9giques poss\u00e8dent g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement une exp\u00e9rience plus approfondie du march\u00e9 et une base plus solide pour d\u00e9velopper des id\u00e9es cr\u00e9atrices de valeur, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une \u00e9tude plus pouss\u00e9e de segments sp\u00e9cifiques\u00a0: leur existence, leur taille, leurs pr\u00e9f\u00e9rences, leurs besoins et leurs comportements.<\/p><\/div>\n\n

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Ce qui me frappe toujours, c'est que, m\u00eame lorsque les membres de l'\u00e9quipe de d\u00e9veloppement commercial ont peu ou pas d'exp\u00e9rience directe avec les clients, les \u00e9quipes strat\u00e9giques peuvent en tirer profit. avec tr\u00e8s peu d'indices<\/em>. Un responsable marketing et commercial avis\u00e9 peut, en quelques \u00e9changes, faire germer des id\u00e9es qui se transformeront en opportunit\u00e9s majeures. C'est un atout pr\u00e9cieux (l'expertise en marketing) et une comp\u00e9tence fondamentale commune \u00e0 de nombreuses grandes entreprises. C'est une comp\u00e9tence qui se d\u00e9veloppe gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une pr\u00e9sence active sur le march\u00e9, \u00e0 la conqu\u00eate de parts de march\u00e9, \u00e0 la croissance, \u00e0 l'optimisation des prix et \u00e0 la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de contenir l'arriv\u00e9e de nouveaux concurrents.<\/p>\n\n

Tirer parti de cette approche est une pratique que de nombreuses \u00e9quipes de d\u00e9veloppement commercial performantes ont institutionnalis\u00e9e et int\u00e9gr\u00e9e \u00e0 leurs processus standards. Or, nous constatons, en observant ces \u00e9changes, que les id\u00e9es pertinentes \u00e9mergent souvent simplement en inscrivant ce th\u00e8me \u00e0 l'ordre du jour et en orientant la discussion (et, en fin de compte, les investigations) \u00e0 son sujet. C'est une source de cr\u00e9ation de valeur peu co\u00fbteuse, facilement reproductible par une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de capital-investissement (\u00e0 condition qu'elle soit inscrite \u00e0 l'ordre du jour et fasse partie int\u00e9grante de ses activit\u00e9s courantes).<\/p>\n\n

Alors, quelle est exactement la diff\u00e9rence entre les deux groupes et \u00e0 quoi cela se traduit-il ?<\/p>\n\n

\u00c0 toutes les \u00e9tapes de l'analyse pr\u00e9alable, une \u00e9quipe de d\u00e9veloppement d'entreprise solide entame souvent un processus avec une th\u00e8se d'investissement (et un plan provisoire de cr\u00e9ation de valeur) qui inclut des opportunit\u00e9s sp\u00e9cifiques (\u00e9tay\u00e9es par des d\u00e9tails sous-jacents) pour\u00a0:<\/p>\n\n

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  1. Introduire des propositions de valeur am\u00e9lior\u00e9es (bas\u00e9es sur une solide compr\u00e9hension des comportements et des circonstances des clients) ;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. \u00c9tendre les march\u00e9s \u00e0 de nouveaux groupes d'utilisateurs sp\u00e9cifiques\u00a0;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Proposer des services am\u00e9lior\u00e9s aux groupes d'utilisateurs existants (pour accro\u00eetre les parts de march\u00e9 ou les d\u00e9penses des utilisateurs) ; et<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Exploiter les opportunit\u00e9s de tarification au niveau des gammes de produits, des canaux de distribution et des segments d'utilisateurs finaux.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

    De mani\u00e8re remarquable, les \u00e9quipes de d\u00e9veloppement d'entreprise les plus performantes accordent une importance accrue \u00e0 la segmentation, non seulement pour les op\u00e9rations s'inscrivant dans une unit\u00e9 commerciale ou une plateforme existante, mais \u00e9galement pour la cr\u00e9ation de plateformes enti\u00e8rement nouvelles. De m\u00eame, les \u00e9quipes de capital-investissement qui int\u00e8grent des leviers de cr\u00e9ation de valeur par segment client plus pertinents dans leurs analyses sont celles qui\u00a0:<\/p>\n\n

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    1. Consid\u00e9rez cela comme faisant partie du travail standard pour toutes les transactions ;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. R\u00e9aliser davantage de travaux pr\u00e9liminaires sur le march\u00e9 des proc\u00e9d\u00e9s ; et<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Avoir des membres d'\u00e9quipe senior issus du marketing ou de la strat\u00e9gie d'entreprise.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

      J'\u00e9voque ce levier de cr\u00e9ation de valeur car il est concret et repose sur le principe m\u00eame de l'effet de levier\u00a0: identifier les moyens de g\u00e9n\u00e9rer davantage de valeur \u00e0 partir d'actifs existants. De plus, \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 que de nombreuses soci\u00e9t\u00e9s de capital-investissement cherchent \u00e0 cr\u00e9er de la valeur gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 de nouvelles plateformes int\u00e9gr\u00e9es, l'analyse des principaux th\u00e8mes de segmentation peut s'av\u00e9rer cruciale pour le succ\u00e8s. Enfin, l'avantage majeur de ce levier r\u00e9side dans le fait qu'il ne requiert souvent qu'un investissement initial modeste en ressources et en attention pour faire \u00e9merger des opportunit\u00e9s significatives d'am\u00e9lioration de la performance et du rendement des acquisitions.<\/p>\n\n

      Or, comme nous le notons sur\u00a0page une<\/strong>\u00a0de nos\u00a0La diligence compte<\/a>bo\u00eete \u00e0 outils \u2122,\u00a0\u201c Chaque \u00e9quipe applique sa propre recette sp\u00e9ciale, refl\u00e9tant la philosophie, le processus, la science et l'art qui distinguent un investisseur d'un autre. \u201d<\/em>\u2013 Par cons\u00e9quent, une segmentation plus pouss\u00e9e ne fera pas partie du plan de cr\u00e9ation de valeur de tous les investisseurs.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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