Transform information into strategy with tailored intelligence
Business intelligence is often the first step when considering where and how to invest or trade in Asia. With the region’s rapid economic growth and diverse regulatory environments, businesses must navigate shifting costs, complex compliance frameworks, and conflicting information.
Dezan Shira & Associates’ business intelligence solutions equip decision-makers with the insights needed to guide strategic direction and evaluate risk. Our professionals support investors with actionable data on Asia’s industrial landscape, location analysis, supply chain diversification, and market entry strategy. We also offer business partner matching services and assist in identifying optimal investment destinations through cross-country competitiveness benchmarking.
Business Intelligence Services: Our Advantage
Make informed decisions with on-the-ground data
Validate expansion strategies, partnerships, and operational risks through custom research aligned with your commercial goals.
Due diligence that goes beyond numbers
Understand not just financial health, but also ownership, litigation, ESG practices, and local reputation of potential partners or targets.
Support across diverse markets and sectors
Get tailored research across Asian jurisdictions, industries, and deal types—delivered by experts with local presence and sector insight.
How We Support Your Business
Global companies face complexities when entering new markets, including limited knowledge and volatilities that can lead to rapid changes to how and in which Asian markets they must operate in, to maximize their competitive advantages. Such changes may require creating new partnerships in foreign markets amidst limited knowledge of target environments, cultures and languages.
Our business partner matching services help international companies find and engage reputable local partners that suitably match their plans or connect with potential customers. This includes the targeting of suppliers, distributors, retailers, and other partner types, across many key sectors.
The approach we apply comprehensively supports the following stages:
- Identification of Target Partners
- Long List Screening
- Outreach and evaluation
- Meeting facilitation
Selecting a location for a new operation in a foreign market can be a daunting task. Our site selection services help businesses evaluate location suitability through a tailored analysis of key factors such as local costs, regulatory frameworks, tax implications, competitive positioning, infrastructure, and supply chain accessibility.
We guide clients through each stage of location analysis, using cross-regional comparisons to identify optimal entry points. Once top choices are identified, we support the next steps—profiling special economic zones and industrial parks, coordinating site visits, as well as narrowing down to the most strategic investment destinations.
We offer:
- Entry strategy development
- Location and investment zones comparison
- Pre-investment advisory and planning
- Pricing study & product marketplace analysis
- Applicable investment incentives
- Infrastructure quality analysis
- Industrial zone identification and benchmarking
- Site visit support
Our multi-country benchmarking and market research services help businesses make better-informed investment decisions by identifying the most competitive and suitable locations across Asia. This pre-investment research and advisory process evaluates a wide range of jurisdictional differences that impact entry strategy, cost structures, compliance, and long-term success.
Through tailored cross-country competitiveness benchmarking, we compare critical investment drivers to help companies select and prioritize markets that align with their goals, risk appetite, and operational needs.
Our services include:
- Applicable double taxation agreements (DTA) and free trade agreements (FTA)
- Cost of doing business
- Consumer segmentation and preferences
- ESG and sustainability advisory
- Labor market costings and analysis
- Location, infrastructure, and logistics analysis
- Market or industry sizing
- National regulatory and licensing requirements
- Economic studies and tariff engineering
As supply chains evolve across Asia, companies must reassess and plan for changes in resiliency, talent availability, and operational costs across different locations. Our business intelligence solutions provide comparative studies and detailed analysis to help businesses make informed supply chain decisions and optimize their regional presence.
Through our supply chain reengineering services, we help businesses diversify sourcing, secure stability, and explore alternative production hubs to mitigate risk and drive long-term competitiveness.
Our services include:
- Multi-country cost studies
- Identification of suppliers, vendors, distributors, and customers
- Local regulatory compliance advisory
- Supply chain analysis, advisory, and optimization
Entering a new Asian market requires careful planning beyond just selecting a location. Our market entry strategy services guide companies through the full process—helping them design an optimal corporate structure, navigate regulatory environments, and build efficient supply chains tailored to their expansion goals.
Through cross-country competitiveness benchmarking and deep regulatory analysis, we help businesses develop robust, long-term entry strategies that maximize operational advantages while minimizing risks.
Our services include:
- Cross-country competitiveness benchmarking
- Corporate structuring analysis
- Comprehensive entry strategy development
- Tariff, double taxation, tax incentive, and supply chain engineering
Connect with our regional experts for tailored guidance
Benchmark economic, regulatory, and market conditions across Asia to identify the most competitive locations for growth and investment.
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FAQs – Business Intelligence Solutions in Asia
Choosing a market research firm with regional coverage, local insight, and regulatory awareness is essential to making informed investment decisions in Asia.
Our market research company services across China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Singapore provide:
- Sector-specific and competitor intelligence
- Consumer behaviour and demand analysis
- Investment feasibility assessments
As one of the top corporate intelligence firms, we combine strategic insight with execution-focused support.
Choosing the right location for a new facility, partner, or distribution hub requires evaluating dozens of variables. We simplify that process through comparative intelligence.
Our location analysis services help businesses:
- Compare potential markets based on operating costs, infrastructure, and labor conditions
- Evaluate local regulatory and tax requirements
- Determine strategic fit based on supply chain needs
We help identify the ideal location using a combination of site selection service and investment zone benchmarking.
Business intelligence is often the first step when considering where and how to invest or trade in Asia. Our professionals provide critical market-entry insight so you can pursue the right opportunity, at the right time.
Effective market entry strategies depend on your industry, target countries, and operating model. We help you define a tailored strategy using:
- Multi-country benchmarking
- Regulatory and licensing assessments
- ESG and sustainability analysis
- Pre-investment planning and cost of doing business studies
Through our business intelligence solutions in Asia, we reduce risk and increase the confidence of your expansion plans.
Our business matchmaking and partner screening services are designed to help companies locate and assess the right contacts before committing to any new relationship.
We support partner identification and vetting through:
- Business partner matching and target screening
- Outreach, evaluation, and meeting facilitation
- Background and reputation checks
- Industry-specific filters to ensure alignment with your business goals
Our experience across Asia helps ensure you're aligned with reputable and suitable partners.
Market research is not just about data—it’s about actionable insight. We deliver this through rigorous analysis, tailored to support decision-making across regions.
Our global business intelligence capabilities support your expansion by:
- Identifying growth opportunities in target countries
- Validating assumptions around demand, pricing, and costs
- Offering regulatory, cultural, and ESG risk perspectives
- Recommending market entry strategies and location analysis
This is particularly useful for clients seeking entry into complex or unfamiliar jurisdictions.
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We provide expert advisory and corporate services across Asia, guiding businesses through complex markets and regulations.