Opportunities for Korean companies in the post-COVID international markets
4 October 2023 — Amidst the ongoing recovery from COVID-19, the global economy and the intricate web of global supply chains are going through a transformative phase. However, within these shifts lie many opportunities. For Korean enterprises, this phase presents the potential for fresh prospects beyond the borders.
Governance reform to accelerate SMEs’ growth in Korea
13 January 2025 — The Korean industrial ecosystem needs to reduce its excessive reliance on conglomerates and enhance the independence of SMEs. This shift would benefit individual companies and contribute to the value enhancement of the Korean economy.
New opportunities and value creation through corporate environmentalism
21 March 2022 — Finnish companies increasingly prioritize reducing GHG emissions, but corporate environmentalism encompasses broader opportunities. This article breaks this subject down into its components and explores value-creation opportunities for investors, consumers, shareholders, employees, and society.
New market entry - best practices and lessons learned
2 February 2023 — In a series of webinars and lectures, we discuss how leveraging a systematic and structured methodology for international expansion and new market entry can increase chances of success.
Increasing agility in decision-making to improve competitiveness
3 October 2018 — Corporations must increasingly be agile and timely decisions are critical to initiate changes. Complex organizational structures, management by consensus and unstructured decision-making processes hinder agility in decision-making.
Reddal Talks: Strategy, honestly! Ep. 1 SWOT analysis - what is it good for?
5 July 2021 — In our "Strategy, honestly!" video podcast series we discuss some of the common strategy tools and methodologies, in an honest way. Now that we have done the introduction to the series, it is time for episode 1 and sharing insights on a more specific strategy topic.
Ensuring strategy implementation through competence management in blue-collar industries
19 December 2014 — The full potential of competence management is not often exploited when seeing it as only being relevant for knowledge-intensive work and for people in managerial positions. In this article, we argue that managing the competences of blue collar workers is crucial for many service and manufacturing companies to ensure effective strategy implementation and sufficient operational performance.
CEO interview: Cloning proven startup business models into Korea
7 November 2012 — Patenting business models is a costly and time-consuming task, let alone hard to enforce in many countries. Hyemin Lee (28), CEO of People & Co., discusses her experience in accelerating her startup with the Samwer brothers of Rocket Internet, the copycat kings of Europe.