Asia

Monitor has an extensive presence in Asia, reflecting the importance of the region as an economic powerhouse and as a critical component of most global corporations' strategies. We work with a combination of multinational companies, national private and state-owned enterprises, and governments in the region on a full range of strategy, marketing, innovation, organization, and economic development issues.

Our work across the region gives us insight into issues such as the role India and China can play in multinationals' strategies, as both critical local markets and as offshoring destinations. We frequently project the impact of growing local consumer markets, rising labor rates, and other trends on our clients' national and pan-Asia strategies. We evaluate the effect of increased middle-class spending, and trends in aging, savings, and retirement on the market potential over time for our clients' businesses. We explore the timing of developing economies such as Vietnam reaching a point where they can play more substantial roles in the global economy and serve as offshoring destinations for developed world companies. We help our clients understand the forces driving the evolution of certain sectors -- such as domestic services, energy, and financial services -- within and across countries.

Using Stories for Advantage: the Art and Process of Narrative

Doug Randall and Aaron Harms 23 January 2012 Article

“Effective stories that win both listeners’ hearts and minds are critical communications tools that can enable leaders to achieve difficult strategic goals,” write Doug Randall and Aaron Harms in an article in Strategy & Leadership magazine. The onus is on leaders—not their audience—to deliver a successful narrative that transfers meaning and motivation. The authors warn executives that their strategy initiatives are at risk every time the message they deliver is not convincing or clear.

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Innovation Lessons from Kodak’s Failures

Larry Keeley 18 January 2012 Article

Larry Keeley, an innovation expert and partner at Monitor, explains how Kodak’s famous failure to enter digital photography quickly can be a useful lesson for executives looking to innovate now. He writes that a new form of strategic thinking, convergences, “gives leaders a deeper sense of the interdependencies that connect firms, products, systems and services in new ecosystems” and reveals emerging opportunities, typically at the junction of new technologies and customer behaviors.

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Scenario Thinking Applied to the Global Economic Outlook

Peter Schwartz, Jonathan Star, Nikhil Prasad Ojha 31 December 2011 Article

The global economy faces serious risks of a second “great recession” if world leaders fail to cooperate on solutions to prevent “near-term economic divisions to devolve into deeper-seated geopolitical divisions,” write Peter Schwartz, Jonathan Star, and Nikhil Prasad Ojha in The Times of India newspaper. In this piece that demonstrates scenario thinking, the authors project the global economy is likely to go through a near-term period of low growth. The long-term prognosis then depends on the actions—or failures—of leaders to respond.

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China’s Future in Bioscience

George Baeder 13 December 2011 Article

With sizable government support, China’s life sciences industry “is quietly gathering a critical mass of skilled talent, and savvy and focused venture investors,” writes Monitor’s George Baeder in the December 2011 issue of Pharmaceutical Executive magazine.

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What Global Winners Teach Us about Innovation

Nikhil Prasad Ojha, Parijat Ghosh, Sachin Khandelwal, Harsh Kapoor 11 December 2011 Article

In this special report on innovation in India’s Business Today magazine, Nikhil Prasad Ojha, Parijat Ghosh, Sachin Khandelwal, and Harsh Kapoor from Monitor describe key principles of innovation used by successful companies, from mobile phone provider Safaricom in Kenya, to Mexican cement company Cemex, to GE’s green energy products, to create new ways of doing business. “As markets mature and become more competitive, innovation has become an imperative for firms to survive and win,” the authors write.

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Private Equity In the Shadow of Giants: Innovative Approaches Along the Investment Value Chain in Sub-Saharan Africa

Christoph Andrykowsky, Victoria Barbary, and Olivia Toye 1 December 2011 Article

This report, "Private Equity In the Shadow of Giants: Innovative Approaches Along the Investment Value Chain in Sub-Saharan Africa," surveys a wide range of stakeholders in the African private equity ecosystem to help new-to-Africa actors interested in understanding in more detail the investment opportunities and nuances in the operating models on the Sub-continent. It was compiled in the second half of 2011, triggered by the recent increase in positive hype that Africa received as the last frontier market. The report covers trends and innovative approaches from fund strategies and fundraising, to deal-flow generation and post-deal value-add activities, and ultimately exits. Overall, it uncovered an attractive industry in flux, with increased competitiveness, but sufficient uncharted territory to grow from its still relatively small base.

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Transforming Commercial Models to Address New Health Care Realities

Jeff Wordham and Sheryl L. Jacobson 8 November 2011 Article

Fundamental changes in the health care system are transforming how key stakeholders value, obtain, and process information. While biopharmaceutical companies are experimenting with different solutions, they are not going far enough and fast enough to address new realities. In this article, part of the Monitor Perspectives white paper series, Jeff Wordham and Sheryl L. Jacobson outline how companies can succeed by fundamentally rethinking their approaches to customers, offering and channels.

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Transforming Customer Experiences—How Pharmaceutical Companies Can Deliver Greater Value to Customers: Video Highlights

Dr. Wendy Dixon, David Hole, Sheryl Jacobson and Jeff Wordham 21 October 2011 Article

In these video clips, Monitor thought leaders explain why pharmaceutical companies need to think differently about their commercial models—their approaches to customers, offerings, and channels—to make important changes to their strategies and adapt to the new shape of the pharmaceutical industry.

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Winners and Losers in the New Commodity Price Regime

Peter Schwartz, et al. 11 July 2011 Article

This white paper by experts from Monitor and Global Business Network (GBN) analyzes the impact that deep structural shifts in commodities markets will have on the competitive landscape, including the critical supply chain and business location decisions C-level executives will face as higher prices for food, fuel and minerals become permanent.

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Braving the New World: Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment in the Uncertain Times of 2010

Monitor Group 7 June 2011 Article

In this year’s sovereign wealth fund (SWF) report, Monitor found that 2010 marks the beginning of a new pattern of SWF investment, characterized by an increased number of smaller investments and a focus on financial services and commodities sectors. 

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