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Shaping growth successfully

Growth creates new possibilities and new demands on strategy, organisation and leadership. Shaping growth sustainably calls for structures and processes that grow with the company and secure its success over the long term.

Growth does not come from rising revenue alone.

Strategy, organisation, processes, financing and leadership all have to grow with the company.

Growth raises new questions for a company: which markets offer further potential? Will the existing business model carry the next steps? Which structures, responsibilities and processes are needed so that additional size does not simply mean additional complexity? Growth calls for clear decisions and a solid basis for delivering them.

That includes developing the strategy and business model further, analysing market and growth potential, and shaping an organisation that supports further growth. As size increases, so do the demands on internationalisation, cross site collaboration and the management of complex initiatives.

Shaping growth successfully means structuring these developments early, setting priorities and steering delivery consistently, so that new opportunities turn into lasting company development.

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How we work

We streamline complex processes

01

Orientation

First we build a picture of the situation, set the objectives and define the project scope so that the assignment is clear.

02

Analysis

In the second phase we produce the as is analysis, define the potential we see and formulate solutions matched to the diagnosis.

03

Design

Now comes the phase of change, in the shape of a concrete package of measures that we put into practice along a timeline.

04

Embedding

The fourth phase covers impact controlling and secures the result by stabilising the measures, with final documentation.

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Book contribution "Internationalisation skills for SMEs"

Published on 1 May 2026 by Springer Nature. Our managing director Martin Auer contributed the foreword and the two chapters "Internationalisation, opportunities and risks for SMEs" and "Drafting an internationalisation strategy" to the book "Kompetenzen zur Internationalisierung fuer KMU". He shares personal experience of internationalisation as well as our findings from consulting projects.

Checklist "Selling a company"

Selling your own company is a major undertaking that most owners have never been through before, and one that is often underestimated. Read here what matters when selling your company and which complex questions have to be answered.

FAZ interview "Internationalisation"

Published on 19 May 2021 in the FAZ special "Zukunft Mittelstand". Operating in many countries, and therefore in different markets, allows the opportunities and risks of regional markets to balance one another out. That can also make the consequences of the coronavirus crisis easier to weather.

Specialist article "A modern training centre for skilled workers in Haiti, a field report"

Published on 17 February 2021 on the iMOVE website. We gave the further education centre for skilled workers at the private Universite Quisqueya a new strategic direction. Here you will find a detailed field report.

Specialist article "Cote d'Ivoire, an opportunity for the mid market, a field report"

Published on 1 August 2023 in the BVMW magazine DER Mittelstand (issue 04/2023). The Republic of Cote d'Ivoire is enjoying a strong upturn and offers enormous opportunities to mid sized companies with plans to go international. Here you will find a detailed field report.

Specialist article "Future markets: the digitalisation of Africa opens up new opportunities"

Published in April 2023 in the magazine "Afrika Contact, Das Aussenwirtschaftsmagazin" (issue 1/2023, pages 23 and 24). Digitalisation is an important driver of Africa's economic upturn. The continent is marked by development and progress. For foreign companies wanting to take part in this economic momentum, Africa's digital transformation opens up new business opportunities. The full article is available here.

Specialist article "Success stories: train the trainer programme for Mali"

Published in December 2022 in the international iMOVE magazine (pages 12 and 13, in English). We introduced the Moodle learning management system at a peacekeeping school in Mali and made distance learning possible through sustainable solutions. Pages 12 and 13 contain the case study on our train the trainer programme.

Specialist article "Train the trainer programme for Mali"

Published on 23 November 2021 on the iMOVE website. We introduced the Moodle learning management system at a peacekeeping school in Mali and made distance learning possible through sustainable solutions.

Specialist article "Young, innovative, on the rise: Cote d'Ivoire"

Published in January 2024 in the BVMW magazine "ExportManager Afrika Contact, Das Aussenwirtschaftsmagazin" (issue 01/24). The Republic of Cote d'Ivoire is enjoying a strong upturn, from its domestic structures right through to its digital transformation. The West African republic offers enormous opportunities to mid sized companies with plans to go international. For a successful entry into dynamic markets, an individual, workable growth strategy is decisive. More on this in the article.

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