Frontier Strategy Group - Emerging Market Insights

Turkey is facing increased security risks as well as the need to stimulate consumption, production and investments as it enters 2015. In this podcast, we discuss the key external factors that will affect MNCs' performance in Turkey in 2015 and what multinationals can do to be prepared for ongoing volatility in the market.

Rising manufacturing costs and currency depreciation are pushing multinationals to reassess their local production strategies in Brazil. Join FSG's Senior Analyst for Brazil, Pablo Gonzalez, as he discusses things to consider when selecting manufacturing options in Brazil, including information on government incentives, input availability, and industry clusters.

South Africa is facing a difficult year as growth continues to underperform and political volatility increases. In this podcast, we discuss the challenges MNCs will face operating in the market in 2015 and the opportunities that companies can still take advantage of despite the gloomy macroeconomic context.

While the combined ASEAN region is larger than Brazil or India, its relatively small and diverse markets complicate matters for organizational effectiveness. This podcast explains why MNCs need an organizational strategy that leverages economies of scale while allowing deep penetration to ensure growth in ASEAN, including four critical success factors necessary to be effective in the region.

Saudi Arabia is one of EMEA’s top emerging markets, but it is on an unsustainable growth path that threatens long-term prosperity. In addressing this problem through economic diversification, the government will increasingly push MNCs to localize their presence or risk being shut out of the market. This podcast discusses the benefits and challenges of localizing your Saudi business.

Multinationals operating in Southeast Asia’s major emerging markets tend to rely heavily on distributors, and nowhere is this more true than in Vietnam. This podcast discusses effective methods to partner with distributors on the ground and identifies areas you should monitor to anticipate changes in Vietnam's distribution landscape.

West Africa has been suffering in recent months from the outbreak of Ebola, a rising terrorist threat in Nigeria and an economic crisis in Ghana. In this podcast FSG's CEO Richard Leggett and Head of Sub-Saharan Africa research Anna Rosenberg discuss the business environment and the opportunities in the region following Anna's recent trip to Nigeria and Ghana.

As MNCs build their 2015 plans for Russia, they face significant uncertainty in the demand, macroeconomic, financial, and political environment they will face next year. This podcast discusses the latest outlook for the Russian market and what companies should prepare for in the next 6-12 months

In part four of a four-part podcast series on effective customer segmentation in emerging markets, FSG’s Head of Management Excellence Research defines profitability segmentation and provides several case studies on innovative approaches to profitability segmentation strategy.

In part three of a four-part podcast series on effective customer segmentation in emerging markets, FSG’s Head of Management Excellence Research defines behavioral segmentation and provides several case studies on innovative approaches to behavioral segmentation strategy.

In part two of a four-part podcast series on effective customer segmentation in emerging markets, FSG’s Head of Management Excellence Research defines market segmentation and provides several case studies on innovative approaches to market segmentation strategy.

FSG released an in-depth 4-part Emerging Market Customer Segmentation research series. This podcast provides an overview of the three kinds of customer segmentation and how companies perform better in emerging markets when they annually review their customer segmentation priorities, while simultaneously taking into account competitor behavior.

Effective distribution management is often the crux of success for MNCs operating in emerging markets, especially where localized manufacturing is not feasible. In this podcast, Dan Kornfield talks with Rick Bossardt, FSG Expert Advisor and sales professional with over 30 years of experience in creating and building channels to market for multinational companies and how to motivate distributors.

Listen as FSG's CEO Richard Leggett leads a discussion with Sam Osborn, author of FSG's latest financial exchange quarterly report, on how to best manage currency volatility in emerging markets. The podcast provides listeners with an updated outlook for currency volatility in 2014, as well as actions you can take to mitigate the effects of exchange rate volatility on your business performance.

Frank Braeken, former VP of Unilever Africa and FSG expert advisor, shares his experience managing Africa’s data gap, responding to changing consumer behaviors, localizing production and dealing with competitors.

Listen as FSG CEO Richard Leggett interviews Terry Thiele, Director Sustainable Product Strategies at Lubrizol Corporation on the topic of disruptive innovation. This podcast covers the definitions, risks, and opportunities associated with disruptive innovation and the methods of scenario planning to prepare for its effects on global business.

As interest in M&A in emerging markets heats back up, FSG expert advisor Alberto Elli joins Joel Whitaker and Dan Kornfield to discuss post-merger integration, its perils and potential. He covers reasons mergers fail, the building blocks of an effective integration effort, and how to build an integration team.

Listen as FSG's CEO, Rich Leggett, interviews Latin America Research Analyst Christine Herlihy on her recent piece outlining the change management challenges executives are likely to face during the life cycle of the organizational footprint optimization process.

As companies look to expand their presence in Russia's regions, they need to select the right model to do so without sacrificing profitability. In this podcast, CEE Practice Leader Martina Bozadzhieva discusses key findings from FSG's latest report on how companies can overcome this challenge

Leadership constraint is constantly identified as a top business challenge that multinationals face in China. Root causes of the leadership challenge are talent shortage and capability gap. This report has identified key pain points multinationals are facing in China, and also provided tried and tested best practices on how to strengthen your leadership bench on the ground.