The CEO Survey finds that CEOs in France are more likely to finance growth through private equity/venture capital, and are less likely to rely on internally generated cash flow, the debt markets and equity markets. While a whopping 80 percent of respondents in France factor in the regulatory framework to a great extent when making business decisions (compared to 63 percent globally), French CEOs are still more likely to want to see improvements to labour laws.
A mere 15 percent of respondents in France have completed a cross-border merger or acquisition in the last 12 months (compared to 24 percent globally), and only 17 percent are planning to complete one in the next 12 months (compared to 31 percent globally). Part of the reason may be that CEOs think they will not be able to realise the expected value of the transaction, or they will confront unexpected costs or conflicting workforce expectations.
