Is the renewed attractiveness often highlighted by the government taking a step forward? For the managing director of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) France, Olivier Scalabre, there is little doubt about it. "France was known to be the country where to set up R&D centers, with the recognition of our researchers... Now it is the one in which it is good to invest to build factories, he said, Sunday evening on the set of "Esprit d'entreprise", the economic program of the TV channel Le Figaro Île-de-France. In competitiveness rankings, France is now ahead of Germany."
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In a complex economic environment and in the face of increasing geopolitical uncertainties, "the first concern for companies is to reduce costs, while at the same time succeeding in investing in a priority area such as artificial intelligence (AI)," said the French boss of the global strategy consulting giant, which employs 30,000 people.
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