South Korea – an interesting market for European companies
26 April 2024 — Despite slower growth in recent years, Korea remains a major economic force. As more foreign companies are engaging with Korea and Young Korean firms are also networking globally, the Korean market is become increasingly attractive and accessible to international, especially European, businesses.
Lessons from the Nordics – perspectives on Korean venture capital and startup ecosystem
29 September 2021 — The Nordic startup ecosystems have grown their significance during the past decades, the development phases and key characteristics of the ecosystems can offer lessons to learn for the Korean startup landscape.
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.
Digital transformation: The interplay of explorative and exploitative capability development
20 May 2020 — When responding to the digital disruption, finding balance between radical and explorative trials and incremental and exploitative developments is key in unlocking the full potential of digitalization.
Learning from Northern European companies – green and sustainable management
1 July 2021 — In this interview with Forbes Korea, Reddal Senior Client Director Dr. Per Stenius discusses the development of sustainable management in Korean companies, drawing on learnings from the Nordic countries.
A successful turnaround requires structured thinking and rigorous execution on all fronts
5 January 2010 — Based on our work with SME companies, we have come across multiple paths that lead to a need for a drastic transformation – turnaround. We have noticed that managers are lacking tools and a process to complete a successful turnaround. In this article we introduce a systematic approach which is complemented with analytical tools and framework to manage a turnaround.
Defining Iran’s path for growth – the role of private equity
7 December 2016 — Reddal was invited as a keynote speaker to “the 6th international conference on management of technology”, organized by IRAMOT and held in Tehran, Iran, on December 6-8, 2016. We presented results from our on-going work on how venture capital and private equity is affecting growth in various countries.
Manufacturers, make your brand portfolio work again in China
6 July 2020 — Consolidating Reddal’s learnings in China from the past few years, this article shares some observations on the dynamics of industrial goods market segmentation. It offers a continuous and iterative approach for industrial players to respond to these changing market aspects by revising their brand portfolio strategy.