Mr. Jean Lavigne, president of Motorola France, on how France can attract more foreign direct investment
摩托罗拉法国总裁让·拉维尼在访谈中阐述法国对外国企业经理的误解、政府对外资研发的隐性支持、培养大量工程师的政策以及法国企业向外扩张的自然趋势，对研究法国投资环境的管理者和学者有参考价值。
Executive Overview Mr. Jean Lavigne, president of Motorola France, is an engineer who has spent his career in the high-tech field, holding a series of senior management positions with DEC and Schlumberger before joining Motorola. He is a bona fide member of France's business elite and has a keen understanding of America and its business environment. In the following interview, he makes the argument that: France is often misunderstood by foreign business managers, has excellent, if somewhat hidden, policies of government aid to foreign research and development investment in France, has policies that produce one of the highest quantities of engineers and technicians in Europe, and is aggressively expanding outside of its own internal markets because this is the natural path for French firms. Jean Lavigne was appointed as Motorola France Country Manager in November 1994. He is also president and CEO of Motorola SA and Motorola Semiconductors SA. Jean Lavigne started his career as a research associate at MIT's Electrical Systems Laboratory. He joined Schlumberger in 1964 and enjoyed a successful 23-year international career in a succession of operational roles spanning R&D, quality control, manufacturing, and general management. In 1987 he joined DEC in Europe, where he was responsible for interconnect technology. He quickly moved to the position of European Manufacturing Engineering and Technology Manager and became a member of the Corporate Technology Task Force in charge of driving worldwide process technology strategies and investments. Through pan-European partnerships and technology standards interests, Jean Lavigne also became a member of DEC's European Government Affairs team. Fluent in two languages, he is a board member of many of France's top companies and is regularly sought after by government ministries. Jean Lavigne is a graduate engineer, with a major in mechanical engineering, from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts et Metiers in Paris. He then received a master of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia and an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management.