This is the first in a 7-part update series on FSG’s 2017 Events to Watch. Additional updates can be found below: US Infrastructure Boom: Dead on Arrival? Events to Watch for 2017 Update (1/7) China Loses Control: Heading for a crash? Events to Watch…
Last week, Frontier Strategy Group held an exclusive webinar, Brexit: Global Implications for Business Leaders, to help clients better understand and respond to the fallout of the Brexit vote. Consequences for business are widespread, ranging from: major economic and political uncertainty…
FSG believes there is a 30% chance of Brexit – the UK’s exit from the EU – actually occurring. While far from a likelihood, the possibility remains significant enough that multinationals need to have at least a basic plan that…
On February 19th, the EU reached a final agreement renegotiating the United Kingdom’s membership status. The proposed treaty changes would have minor impacts on business, but the result in the upcoming referendum on June 23rd has significant consequences both for…
Europe’s headline-grabbing financial crises in 2009 and 2012 were not strictly sovereign debt crises – they were also banking crises. While concern regarding European sovereign debt has abated, the systemic issues of Europe’s derelict banking system have yet to be…
When FSG’s research team came together to discuss the events that could disrupt business next year, one theme dominated. Governments can handle one year of slowing growth; they maintain spending where they can and wait to see if the tide…
In the face of another year of slowing economic growth and shifting opportunity, executives’ strategic planning must be adaptable. While strategies should be built and adjusted according to the most likely base-case view of the future, scenario planning around potential…