

Starbucks, Juan Valdez, and the Brewing Battle in Bogota
Last week, while walking from my hotel to Nextant's office in Bogota's Parque 93 neighborhood, I witnessed a most interesting...


Strategy Execution is Like Gymnastics: You Have To Stick the Landing
Companies spend significant time and resources developing new strategies and initiatives at all levels of their organizations to support...


Announcement: New Website and Blog
After a brief summer break, Expansion Insights is back stronger than ever as part of the new look Nextant.com! We will soon get back to...


FCPA Violations are NOT Like a Box of Chocolates
When Forrest Gump uttered the famous phrase: “Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get,”...


Investing in Newly Opened Markets: A Case Study for International Pioneers
Growing a business in a new territory is challenging enough, but breaking into a market that was until recently closed to foreign...


Strengthening Purchasing Power On Display at FIFA World Cup 2014
As the world's eyes focus on the exciting World Cup action on the various futebol (aka, futbol or soccer) pitches in Brazil, an...


Latin America's 2014 GDP Stars and Laggards
A few months ago, we provided our readers with a view into which countries were most likely to lead Latin America in terms of economic...


Initiating Sales in New Markets (PART 3): Product and Sales Team Readiness
In Part 1 of this four-part series, we discussed how strong ecosystem mapping can be used to engage with the right local players, at the...


Initiating Sales in New Markets (PART 2): Socializing Your Market Entry
In Part 1 of this series, we discussed how a good ecosystem map can be a strong tool to determine who is who in a potential new market....


Initiating Sales in New Markets (PART 1): Mapping the Local Ecosystem
After dedicating several Expansion Insights posts to the variety of market entry strategies available to businesses wishing to establish...