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Strategy Development

Strategy Implementation

We work in concert with a client's management team to design and manage a strategy development process which assesses the issues and variables critical for decision-making, and results in realistic, practical and actionable plans.

The business strategy process typically encompasses the following:

Market assessment
  • Domestic market sizing, growth trends
  • Segmentation: price, product, geography
  • Accessibility: the realistic and addressable market
Market expansion
  • New channels, new geographies, new segments
  • New products, product extensions, changed value propositions
  • Expansion by acquisition: target development, screening, due diligence
Competitive assessment
  • Industry structure, key suppliers, market shares
  • Direct vs. indirect competition, key success factors
  • Global and emerging local competition and their China business structures


Strategic planning
  • Capabilities assessment: strengths and gaps
  • Business options development
  • Technical and financial feasibility
Business structure options identification
  • Key alliance or local partner advisability
  • Legal and regulatory overview
  • Investment options
Business environment assessment
  • Degree of sector openness vs. degree of state intervention
  • IPR risks, law enforcement
  • Sector transparency


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