No time to waste – A collaborative approach to boost South Korea’s competitiveness in global sustainability ecosystem
5 July 2024 — South Korea's conglomerate-driven, top-down economic structure faces challenges in the global shift toward sustainability, necessitating agile and drastic measures to improve environmental impact. To achieve long-term competitiveness, collective efforts are needed from the domestic private sector, the government, and foreign technical partners.
Foreign capital as a means for globalization of Korean SMEs
3 April 2025 — South Korea is facing economic challenges from declining population and saturated domestic markets. Globalizing SMEs is becoming increasingly vital, and strategically leveraging foreign capital offers a viable pathway. To attract investors and succeed globally, SMEs must pursue outreach efforts, carry out pre-deal turnarounds, and implement risk mitigation.
Understanding the potential in Saudi Arabia's growing cruise market
13 September 2024 — Saudi Arabia’s cruise sector is booming under Vision 2030, opening lucrative opportunities for global cruise operators, shipbuilders, and cruise passengers across the value chain. Discover what is driving this growth.
Using success gates in portfolio strategy development for more informed decision making
9 September 2021 — Developing a portfolio strategy is complex due to numerous opportunities, limited resources, business constraints, and market uncertainties. Defining key constraints for individual portfolio businesses and using success gates to track their impact helps in selecting viable strategic options for all future scenarios.
Your supply chain can benefit from a practical implementation of the "China Plus One" strategy
12 November 2024 — Due to EU-China tit-for-tat tariffs and Trump's second term, companies seek supply chain alternatives. However, many doubt viability, worry about repercussions and struggle to achieve cost-saving. Pragmatic analysis and risk mitigations with a dynamic roadmap can maximize value capture.
China ambitions in cruise sets their agenda for the full value chain
6 September 2021 — China has been actively moving towards the upstream of the value chain with ambitious plans, leaving the industry pondering what will happen next. In this article we try to shed some light on the implications.
Competitiveness of the Korean technology startup ecosystem and opportunities for global corporations
14 October 2021 — In this webinar organized by the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea, we discuss the competitiveness of the Korea technology startup ecosystem and what it can provide to global corporations.
Business strategy and global expansion for Korean companies
17 February 2025 — In a series of seminar and webinar, hosted in Korean, we discuss the core aspects of business strategy and explore strategies for entering international markets to help identify new opportunities.