This articleintends tocelebratethirty years ofMyriam,this amazingad campaignthat movedtheFranceof1981alone, revealingtheunderside of theeponymousmodel, accordingtopromisemore andmore daring: "On September 2,take offthe top""on September 4,I removethe bottom"...inreplayingwith care and passionstripteaseMyriam, the articlewill show that,thirty years later,this gestureis eternalbecause withMyriam,there are alwaysbelowtobelow.This amazingyarrowadvertisingallows usto approach(but notto know)the hidden springsofteasingseductions ofadvertisingandcommercialcuriosity.
A growing number ofinvestorsno longer seeksmainly toearn moneyby runningbusinesses, butby makingtransactions onproperty rightsof companies.The purchaseand resale ofindustrial and commercial establishmentsaremomentswherelarge sums ofmoney areexchangedquickly andin whichfortunes aremade and unmade.What are the consequencesof thesechanges in ownershipon theconstantlong-term developmentof the institutions concernedandprosperity(or decline) of theirstakeholders (employees,customers, suppliers, small investorsand local)?We proposehere to examinethese issuesfrom thecase study ofEuropean investment in theBrazilianbioethanol.