Growing Your Business in Emerging Markets

The future success of many companies in the United States and Europe is becoming more dependent on effectively developing and expanding markets in new emerging and partially developed countries. Few companies however know how to do it well if at all. Their success rate is low while the cost of failure remains high. Caslione and Thomas provide insights knowledge special tools and the experience that will show executives how to take hold of these challenges. Through case studies of companies in a wide cross-section of industries the authors highlight the processes necessary to develop successful market entry sales and distribution strategies for their companies in emerging markets around the world.Global business strategy can no longer be focused on only one country or region; the risks are too great. Only when a truly global company develops a holistic and global perspective and implements proven strategies can the success in the new global economy be achieved.