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Business to Support for Overseas Expansion
SMC Global Asset, Inc. helps Japanese enterprises expand overseas by leveraging the expertise that we have accumulated through global expansion centered on Japan and the United States. We support Japanese companies aiming to expand overseas by helping with surveys of the local target market, developing business and marketing strategies, and carrying out customer research in overseas markets. We have particular expertise in the North American market, where we have accumulated a wealth of experience and expertise, developed networks, and established structures that support an extensive range of requirements.
Consulting We provide a one-stop consulting service for overseas expansion. This focuses on North America and includes everything from development and examination of your expansion strategy to supporting its implementation.
・Investigations of local infrastructure, such as laws and regulations
・Investigations of competitors
・Interviews with local enterprises
・Business strategies, financial strategies, and organizational structures
・Recruitment support
・Examination of sales channels


Planning Your Overseas Business Expansion: From Examination to Execution Each step of the process requires meticulous setup, budget examination, and clarification of the strategy for your target market. We will carry out the project by assigning roles and responsibilities between your company and ours.
Identifying the market environment and industrial structures
→ From determining a market to strategy development
・Regulation checks
・Accompanied market research (interruption marketing, permission marketing)
・Market acceptance research
・Analysis of the results of product tests performed at your company
・Industry trends analysis
・Case studies of market entry by Japanese companies
We will integrate your efforts you have made
Entry strategy examination
→ Examining, discussing, and determining the points below
(We perform the research required for decision making whenever required)
・What kind of value (and what product) will you offer to your customers?
・Production systems
・Product penetration test
Identifying the market environment and industrial structures
・Business model; financial simulation based on a constructed system
・Initial investment required; investment recovery simulations
Entry strategy examination
→ Examining, discussing, and determining the points below
(We perform the research required for decision making whenever required)
・Examination of your sales processes and in-house operations
・Structures and resources
・Examination of the ideal corporate structure to launch your business
(corporation, LLC, etc.)
Investment recovery plans
・Financial simulations within a formulated business model
・Initial investment required; investment recovery simulations
・Business approval acquisition
・Manual localization
・Development of business processes
・Recruitment, etc.
・Negotiations and contracts with local enterprises
・Product localization and creation of various promotional content
・Preparation for local operations, etc.