Capability 01
Corporate & Business Strategy
Strategic choices that hold up under scrutiny — from boardroom debate to investment committee.
The challenge
We help management teams and boards define where value will come from, test the assumptions behind it and translate ambition into a funded, sequenced plan.
Leadership teams rarely lack ideas. They lack a shared, evidence-based view of which markets, customers and capabilities will actually create value — and the discipline to reallocate resources accordingly.
How we help
Service areas
- Corporate and group strategyPortfolio logic, capital allocation and value-creation priorities.
- Market and competitive assessmentDemand structure, competitive position and profit pools.
- Growth and business-unit strategyWhere to grow, in which segments, with which offer.
- Restructuring and turnaroundCost, performance and organisational repositioning.
- M&A and strategic transactionsScreening, commercial due diligence and integration logic.
- Investment developmentInvestment cases, business models and financing narratives.
Our approach
How the work is run
Methodology adapted to the mandate, with defined outputs and decision points at each stage.
- DiagnoseEstablish the facts: market, performance, constraints and root causes.
- StrategiseFrame real options, test them and choose with explicit trade-offs.
- TransformDesign the operating model, organisation and capabilities required.
- ImplementSupport delivery with sequencing, ownership and problem-solving.
- MeasureTrack defined indicators and adjust as evidence accumulates.
What clients get
Concrete outputs
- Strategic diagnostic and market fact base
- Prioritised strategic options with trade-offs
- Financial and business model implications
- Implementation roadmap with owners and milestones
Relevant experience
Selected engagement types
Drawn from MTC's historical project record. Organisations and programmes are listed as references only and do not imply endorsement.
Strengthening the competitiveness of an industrial sector
Sector strategy and competitiveness improvement work with industrial companies, associations and public institutions.
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Export development assignments combining market selection, firm readiness and promotion planning.
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