Asia-Pacific market research

Asia-Pacific is the key region for any company wanting to expand or grow. Quality market research in this region yields real competitive advantage and a huge ROI. Yet these are also tough and highly heterogeneous markets to operate in.

Market Research buyers can face issues assessing the quality of fieldwork, reconciling disparate data and in obtaining consistent quality of servicing or insights across markets.  Research agencies have to work within a setting where good researchers are still scarce but client demands for international standards of quality and responsiveness are expanding rapidly. 

 commu.jpg A particular issue in Asia-Pacific has been that lack of resource has seen agencies and international clients having to focus efforts on markets that are either bigger (China, India) or perceived as "easier" (Singapore, Australia etc.). This often leaves other large local markets (Indonesia, Korea, Thailand etc.) getting less management time or resource than their growth potential deserves.  Similarly, high levels of demand from international clients has meant agencies have often not developed the potential of the growing local and regional clients.

We can work with your teams to address these issues. We've worked and lived in Asia for years, running Custom services for the worlds biggest MR player. We know the countries, cultures, how to obtain better research results and how to operate MR businesses in them.

Gordon & McCallum can help:

  • Fast-track local Market Research expertise
  • Audit and help improve current research and fieldwork practices
  • Provide advice on how to integrate and get more insight value from your research
  • Support agencies with expansion strategies in Asia-Pacific
  • with developing systems to train, target and drive use of research among local clients

For support that will help you fast-track your Asia-Pacific growth, contact: info@gordon-mccallum.com

See also:     Growing MR in developing Markets
                      Growth & Expansion Strategies
                      Quality Audit & Review
                      Training & Staff Development

 

 



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