1) The Business Consulting Center (BCC) provides various services to support foreign investment and business expansion in Korea, including market research, feasibility studies, business planning, and deal sourcing.
2) BCC has offices in Korea, the US, China, and Japan, and its team of directors and partners have extensive experience in market surveys, consulting, and research across Asia and other regions.
3) BCC can help clients with analyzing Korea's investment environment and market opportunities, developing business strategies and plans, and facilitating M&A transactions and partner matching.
3. Why Invest in Korea?
According to a survey of 3,410 foreign companies, it was revealed that market penetration and
growth potential of the market were the most attractive factors for FDI in Korea
The reason why invest in Korea?
5. Attractiveness of Korea
2
Presence of global firms
• There are Korean firms leading global industries in the areas of mobile
devices, appliances, chips, displays, bio fields and the arts.
• Foreign firms supply their products to Samsung, LG, SK and Hyundai.
3
Smart consumer market • As Korean consumers are very sophisticated, many companies choose
Korea as a test-bed market. Fashion, beauty care and tech firms tap the
Korean market before launching new products across Asia
4
Advancement in ICT • In 2015, Korea was ranked first in the International Telecommunication
Union’s annual ICT Development Index (IDI). Korea is active in ICT
convergence across different industries such as bio, finance, logistics,
tourism and culture.
1
Strategic location
• Located between China and Japan, A gateway to Northeast Asia
• Within a 3-hour flight distance from 147 cities with a population of
more than 1 million
6. New Trend of FDI Korea
Foreign direct investment to South Korea hit an all-time high of US$ 23 billion in 2017, up 7.7-percent from
the previous year.
It is mainly due to the increase in tech investment related to the so-called 'Fourth Industrial Revolution' such
as auto parts, drones, new materials, secondary batteries androbots.
In addition, rising investments in the services sector such as real estate as well as wholesale and retail
sales contributed to the surge of FDI. A lot of FDI was made in areas where advanced foreign technology
was mixed with Korea’s great IT infrastructure such as big data, fintech and mobile platforms.
By country, the United States’ FDI in Korea inflated 21.5% to US$7.06 billion, while Japan 47.9% to US$1.84
billion. In particular, the UAE reported an investment of US$1.01 billion in a hotel and convention center in
Gangwon Province in the fourth quarter.
8. Mega Trend of Korea Industries
1 Smart
New technologies such as IoT, Big data, AI and etc.
It makes all the things and human connected and intelligent
Smart factory, smart home, smart city, and etc.
2 Servitization
From product to combination(product + service) or service oriented
Service as differentiated advantage and value creation
Car makers are adopting mobility service (smart car service)
3 Sustainable
Global environment regulations are tightening
It promotes environment friendly innovation (ex. energy efficiency)
Green tech and new materials are emerging as new industry
4 Platform Connection and integration of product/service can create new value
IoT and AI are used for establishing platformbusiness
With the wave of 4th Industrial Revolution, mega trend of Korea industries are summarized as
3S 1P (Smart, Servitization, Sustainable and Platform)
3S 1P Trends
9. Emerging New Industries
Display
semiconductor
Self driving car Mobility service Electric Vehicle EV OS
Smart meter ESS service Renewable energy Eco-energy town
Next generation
Next generation
AR/VRDevice simulator Medical experience
service
Test/Education/
Training
Convergence
business
Contents
High tech
New materialsUltralightmaterialsSmart steelmillSteel/Petrochem/Fiber
New Industry focusPlatformSustainableServitizationSmart
Automotive Electric Vehicle
Energy Industry Energy new industry
product
Premium consumer
Semiconductor
Display
Material/component
Consumer product
Aviation Aviation Drone
Bio healthcarePharma/Medical
RobotMachinery
IoT ElectronicsElectronics
Smart Green ShipShipbuilding
System
Smart shipbuilding
yard
Renovation/Repair/
Design LNG ship Ship to Shore
IoT electronics O2O service
Energy demand
management Smart home
Manufacturing
robot
Service robot Smart factory
Integrated
operation
Medical device Medicalbigdata
Remote medical
service Digital healthcare
High tech plane
Surveilance
/Agri service
Logistics,
Ocean manag’t
Service
convergence
Customized
cosmetics
Medical, fashon Agri food Mobile shopping
Flexible OLED
Medical/VR
Demand related Eco-Signage
Intelligence semi
Consigned Design,
Foundry
Low power
semiconductor
11. Our Services
Investment Environment Analysis
Market Research and Strategy
Feasibility Study
Business Plan (summit to local authorities)
Deal sourcing & Due diligence (for M&A, any transaction)
Brokerage, Agency, Partner matching
12. Our Team
Name Simon lee(Zhang Dong)
Career Director of QYResearch
Partner of Business Consulting Center at QYR
15 Years Market Survey and Research
Know well of China US market
Name Sung-Bin Yoon,ph.d
Career Partner of Business Consulting Center at QYR
Managing Director of InnoResearch Global L.C.
Adjunct Professor of Seoul School of Integrated
Sciences & Technologies
Former consultant of KPMG Korea
13. Our Team
Name Mark Liu
Career Director of QYResearch USA
Partner of Business Consulting Center at QYR
5 Years Market Survey and Research
Know well of US market
Name Tang Xin
Career Partner of Business Consulting Center at QYR
Managing Director of QYResearch Japan.
25 Years market research
Know well of Japan market
14. OfficeLocations
South Korea Office (Local name : InnoResearch Global LC)
Address : 7th floor, 25, Mapo-daero, Mapo-gu, Seoul, 04167, Korea(Republic of)
Phone : +82-10-7551-1278
U.S.A Office
Address : 17890 Castleton Street Suite 218 City of Industry CA 91748 United States
Phone : +1-626-295-2442
China Office
Address : Room 1506 Blog B U-Center Building No.28 Chengfu Road Haidian District Beijing 100083China
Phone : +86-2086655165
Japan Office
Address : Ginza wall building 5F, 6-13-16, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0061, Japan
Phone : +86-9038009273
15. Contact
Business Consulting Center at QYR
U.S.A. Office
Mark Liu
Tel:+1-6262952442
E-mail:liujunjie@qyresearch.com
China Office
Simon Lee(Zhang Dong)
Tel : +86-1082945717
E-mail : zhangdong@qyresearch.com
South Korea Office
Sung-Bin Yoon, Ph. D
Tel : +82-10-7551-1278
E-mail : yoon@innoresearch.co.kr
Japan office
Tang Xin
Tel:+81-9038009273
E-mail:tangxin@qyresearch.com