Frontier Strategy Group - Emerging Market Insights

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.