Last month, I had the opportunity to meet 28 Heads of Asia-Pacific in our Senior Executive Round Table and discuss the key themes that will help multinational corporations decide on the right role India will play in their Asia-Pacific portfolios. With India’s…
ASEAN Fact #3: ASEAN is one of the biggest investors in itself
The story of a country’s development is often one of its companies’ evolution; ASEAN’s resilient performance over the past decade has allowed many of its local companies to rapidly expand across the region and beyond, giving birth to numerous multi-ASEAN…
ASEAN Fact #2: Manufacturing will be key to wealth creation
The manufacturing sector will play an important role in ASEAN’s economic development for decades to come, the same way it has for other Asian nations (Japan, South Korea, China) where vast populations have moved from less productive agrarian work to more…
ASEAN Fact #1: 75% of GDP is located in 25% of provinces
ASEAN’s 80/20 Wealth in Southeast Asia remains highly concentrated. If ASEAN’s five major emerging markets (the ASEAN-5) Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam were assumed to be one big country and their provinces in this imaginary mega-nation were compared…
PODCAST: Strategic Planning – FSG Expert Interview Part 2 of 2
Earlier in the week we covered the topic of strategic planning with insight from Cécile Bernheim, an experienced strategy and business planning expert in Europe. Continuing the conversation of strategic planning, Cécile reiterated the importance of collaboration as it relates…
PODCAST: Strategic Planning – FSG Expert Interview Part 1 of 2
Cécile Bernheim, a well-versed and experienced strategic business planning expert, provided some key insight to developing cross-functional strategic plans that position companies for cohesive success. Frontier Strategy Group CEO Rich Leggett recently chatted with Cécile to gain further advice on building…