Distribution Excellence in China – key obstacles and tools to overcome themForeign consumer goods companies often rely on distributors to quickly gain market access in China – both offline & online. But when sales growth slows down, it can be difficult to identify the reasons.In this context, EAC International Consulting recently developed a presentation summarizing key distribution obstacles in China and tools to overcome them – ranging from high reliance on legacy distributors to lack of e-commerce experience.Download PDFLatestMärz 11, 2024India Review 2023: A Comprehensive Analysis of Growth and OpportunitiesMärz 11, 20242023 Insights into China’s Business LandscapeJanuar 31, 2024Navigating Complexities: …
India: Government program worth EUR 20 billion as production incentive for foreign companies
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Maximizing Shareholder´s Value in Divestures
Maximizing Shareholder´s Value in DivesturesOver the years, we have witnessed many FIEs, including the ones whose products and technology became increasingly commoditized, business models became obsolete or have increasingly unfavorable inherent issues such as high labor intensity, are shifting out of China and many of them are doing so in way of divestures. Undoubtedly, successful divesture not only generates attractive shareholder return itself but also at the same time recoups invested capital, frees up resources and managerial capacity to reinvest into other ventures and deals. However, many divestures we observed in China were unfortunately poorly prepared, managed and orchestrated, detrimental …
Economic Insights by EAC Consulting – May 2020
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