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Reports and briefings to clients cover areas such as competitor analysis, examination of potential partners, credibility assessments, analysis of decision-making processes and key personnel, political risk analysis, and market entry strategies.

In providing analysis we look beyond the standard due diligence report to assess reputations and credibility. We aim to help manage risk, deepen understanding, and avoid surprises.

• Project assessment in the correct political context

• Ethnic/cultural/political imperatives

• Reputation of key executives

• Opinions of suppliers and customers

• Scope of political/bureaucratic connections

Where necessary we assist with on-the-ground troubleshooting - which includes finding and solving problems before they multiply.

• Strengthen critical relationships

• Understand regulations and practices

• Overcome bureaucratic obstacles

• Appeal to influential officials

• Advise on negotiating strategies

• Help recruit personnel

• Develop exit strategies

Recent reports to clients have covered the following subjects:

Asia's economy

• Asia's crisis of over-production

• Asian economic crisis - causes and implications

• Implications of demographic change in East Asia

ASEAN

• Planning for investment in ASEAN

Automotive

• Tariff protection in Asia's automobile industry

Construction

• Asia's infrastructure market after the financial crash

• Asian influences on Australia's commercial construction market

• Financial condition of Japanese construction majors

• Low-cost housing in Indonesia

• Prospects for Australian construction contractors in Asia

Corporations

• Organisational trends among consumer product MNCs

• Role of family-owned conglomerates in Southeast Asian agribusiness

Engineering and maintenance

• Airline industry maintenance in Asia

Food

• Fruit juice export to Thailand

• Globalisation of production in the processed food industry

• Japan's retail processed corn market

• Ready to eat cereals - industry trends in Japan

Human resources management

• Foreign guest workers in Malaysia and Singapore

• Security issues for foreign manufacturers in India

Japan

• Japanese non-ferrous metals producers

• Movement of Japanese industry offshore

• Relocation of Japanese food processing operations to Asia

• The international assignment business in Japan

• Under-floor heating market in Japan

Philippines

• Major Filipino-Chinese business operations

Power

• Electric power industry in the Philippines

• Vietnam's power generation industry

Property development

• Accommodation market for Japanese retirees

• Asian investment in Australia's property market

• Japanese investment in Australian property

• Property investment funds in Asia

• Southeast Asia's property slump