Strategic Intelligence
Strategic intelligence is aimed at helping organisations to safely enter new markets, build beneficial partnerships, understand current conditions, and be aware of the changing environment. Application of corporate intelligence methods, a multifaceted approach to conducting research, and broad source coverage enable us to provide you with the most accurate and verified information. We do this in a dynamic rather than static manner in order to support your short-term and strategic goals in nearly every country of the world, with a specific focus on emerging markets and particularly Eastern Europe, Central and South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
POLITICAL RISK
INDUSTRY RISK
SECURITY RISK
Our solutions are aimed at helping our clients to avoid threats arising in risky markets, to navigate uncertain fields, and to be aware of risks in locations they visit in the course of their business expansion.
RISK-BASED PESTEL ANALYSIS
Risk-based PESTEL analysis dives beyond the traditional approach to PESTEL components research and looks at them from a risk assessment perspective. Various ways the political environment can impact a business, technological conditions on the ground can disrupt promising initiatives, the local legal framework can slow down seemingly easy processes, and social instability that can affect workforce expansion—these are just some of the many issues we address, enabling you to expand globally in a secure and sustainable way.
ENHANCED COUNTRY RISK ANALYSIS
Enhanced Country Risk Analysis is a tool that gives you a clear understanding of a foreign market with all the behind-the-scenes particularities, crucial precautions, compliance issues typical of a certain location or industry, as well as stakeholder mapping, making you fully equipped, informed, and protected against the unexpected on your foreign market journey.
FOREIGN MARKET ENTRY
Building your way into a new market requires accurate information and an understanding of how to approach relevant stakeholders and build beneficial partnerships. COSA provides an invaluable guide to the opportunities and risks of doing business in a particular country, and acts as a reliable advisor in building a strategy with on-the-ground support.
- Market intelligence
- Stakeholder mapping
- Partner search
- Strategy development
- Operational support
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
A deep understanding of various state systems and their government and business mechanisms allows us to shape the best GR solutions for smooth market entry and operations, including those in challenging sectors such as defence, energy, and infrastructure.
COSA’s Advisory Board Members contribute to the company’s expertise, which our clients benefit from when it comes to understanding relevant regulatory frameworks, stakeholder landscapes, legislative initiatives, and the overall architecture of government-business relations on all levels, including local, regional, and national, as well as in the international context.
- Stakeholder mapping
- Political and regulatory trends monitoring
- Compliance with existing legal frameworks
- Government relations strategy development
- Establishing lines of communication with stakeholders
BUSINESS DIPLOMACY
In addition to implementing your strategic communications on the ground, our advisory team provides exclusive knowledge and systematises a variety of routes that can be taken in order to achieve your operational and strategic goals in markets characterised by heavy bureaucracy, different layers and dimensions of decision making, numerous interest groups, and significant compliance risks.
COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE
Knowing where the market trend is heading is crucial in order to maintain an existing market position and expand your business. In modern business conditions, technological dominance is one of the ways to lead the market, and keeping track of technological development in your industry is key. Understanding global trends in other business aspects, such as regulatory framework developments, changes in skillset needs, supply chain disruptors, and resource availability requires constant monitoring and research, and that is where COSA applies its analytical and human intelligence methods to keep you ahead of the curve.
- Technology search: tech intelligence streamlines the search for technological solutions to improve your product, manufacturing process, or R&D, which includes selecting the right technology developer or inventor, identifying unique technology or hardware, and upgrading other elements that determine competitiveness. You can also request tailor-made software for your compliance and security-related functions.
- Trends intelligence enables your company to identify technological and conceptual breakthroughs in order to stay at the cutting edge of new global trends, support strategic decision-making, and remain competitive at all times. Trends intelligence provides: monitoring of emerging innovations in a variety of industries globally, tracking competition in the know-how area, and projecting demand for material and intellectual elements.
