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STRATEGIC LOCATION STUDIES
« BADABOUM COMPANY » has been established in South Africa for about ten years and specialises in the transformation of shea butter into edible products. As part of the development of its activities in West Africa, the company wishes to set up a shea butter processing industry in Côte d'Ivoire. It has already taken note of reports from international institutions and other organisations in the sector. However, the information at its disposal is not sufficient to decide on the "GO" or "NO GO" on the shea butter market in Côte d'Ivoire. The cross-referencing of data from reports with precise analyses of information from the field is therefore crucial to inform decision-making.
Solicited for the occasion, EBI Partners carried out a mission of strategic studies of establishment in Ivory Coast in order to allow « BADABOUM COMPANY » to better identify the strategic partners and the forces in presence and to ensure an effective supply network on its new territory of establishment.
The information collected (in open sources and/or field information) within the framework of this mission and their analyses have the vocation to feed the strategic reflections on the following axes
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The potential of the location
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The possibilities of setting up in a specific territory
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Visibility of existing networks
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Control of the geographical and socio-economic environment
In concrete terms, the work led to the identification of strategic actors in the sector (producers' associations, inter-professional organisations, other stakeholders), the mapping of existing networks (marketing networks, geographical areas with a high production rate, local and national decision-making circuits) and the analysis of social issues and key success factors in the field of shea in Côte d'Ivoire.
STRATEGIC WATCH
« FONDS D’INVESTISSEMENTS », a French company specialising in the banking sector, wishes to improve its corporate policy with regard to compliance with the RGPD. The objective is to:
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To follow the evolution of the regulations and recommendations made by the reference bodies in France and in the European Union;
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Detect and analyse errors, good practices and sanctions notified by other companies.
In order to meet this need, a monitoring platform was set up to automate the search for information. To achieve the final result, EBI Partners investigated to obtain reliable sources and a relevant lexical field in order to facilitate the construction of queries.
This service, carried out on behalf of « FONDS D’INVESTISSEMENTS », enabled it to have an overview of the general context of the RGPD by correcting its strategy to avoid any sanctions.
« OCEAN BLEU », a French company specialised in the agricultural sector, wishes to increase its production capacity, position itself on new markets and benefit from the local networks of the future partner in order to gain market share.
In order to achieve its objectives, « OCEAN BLEU » has identified a potential partner and wishes to carry out investigations on him in order to detect a possible risk in entering into a business relationship.
To meet the needs of the client « OCEAN BLEU », we carried out research on the manager and the company.
Checks were carried out on the manager. These included :
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Civil status and address
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His corporate mandates
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His or her assets
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His/her reputation
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Personal and professional networks
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etc.
In addition to the manager, we were interested in the company. This led us to check and identify :
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The accounts
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Subsidiaries and holdings
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The reputation
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etc.
We responded to the client's needs by exploiting the relevant databases and by combing the social networks of the director and the company.
The information gathered enabled us to carry out analyses and produced a report and a map for « OCEAN BLEU » in order to help them make a decision.