Frontier Strategy Group - Emerging Market Insights

LATAM executives are eager to optimize their organizational footprints given rising pressure to reduce costs. However, pinpointing the optimal design can be challenging given rapidly evolving macroeconomic and regulatory conditions. This podcast focuses on evaluating new options for headquarters, shared service centers, and logistics hubs, which FSG expects to gain traction as the region evolves.

Regional executives engaged in high-focus workforce planning outperform their peers in profitability and market share growth. Hear the highlights from FSG's latest research in this field, with management lessons on identifying critical capability gaps, smarter hiring, redeploying the people you already have, and avoiding staff overstretch.

Corruption remains a challenge in Russia, but there are actions executives can take to prevent compliance violations. This podcast summarizes FSG's recommendations about the nine key practices executives should follow to reduce their Russian business's vulnerability to corruption.

In this podcast, FSG Expert Adviser Brandi Moore shares her expertise on building a strong culture of innovation in emerging markets. In the business press, stories of successful emerging markets-led innovation from companies like GE and Unilever dominate headlines, but most companies struggle to achieve similar results. Brandi shares her view on why, and offers practical solutions.

Martina Bozadzhieva, Associate Practice Leader for Central and Eastern Europe, discusses best practices for effectively building the capabilities of CEE distributors

In this podcast, FSG Expert David Hodge shares his experiences and best practices in the realm of post-merger integration. David was a key member of the transaction team for Amcor's 3 largest acquisitions, and has completed M&A transactions in 10 separate countries. He highlights four of the most common pitfalls to avoid, and shares a "strategic growth framework" for capturing the most value.

Anna Rosenberg, Senior Analyst for Sub-Saharan Africa looks at ways companies find, vet and manage distribution partners in Sub-Saharan Africa

Exiting a distribution relationship is often a very painful process, resulting in lengthy disputes, lawsuits and reputation damage. Diminish your exposure to this pain by anticipating a channel transition well ahead of time, allowing you to signal to distributors that change is coming. Identify your position on a 4 stage channel maturity path and consider reviewing your channel strategy annually