WKI: A Leader in Developing International Competitiveness

WKI is dedicated to helping our clients manage and benefit from international opportunities by constructing and maintaining a portfolio of businesses and markets that deliver consistent profitability which in turn builds shareholder value. Senior management can make successful investment decisions only with accurate valuations that fully identify the total value they can derive from each market or opportunity, assuming the optimum allocation of resources. WKI has provided these valuations for over 30 years to the world's largest companies. WKI specializes in a complete array of analytical and planning services needed to make companies successful in markets outside their own country. Our work spans 85 countries.

WKI helps clients manage change, not be overtaken by it. As change accelerates, valuation must be reviewed and reassessed, the new impact on each market understood and changes to current plans made. WKI clients benefit from having WKI remain an ongoing, value-oriented resource.

With valuations in hand, senior management still faces the challenge of developing the action plans that will extract the value most efficiently. WKI works closely with operating management to ensure action plans are complete, efficient and within the boundaries of what is possible.

In short, WKI provides total analytical and planning services to senior management so that they can build and maintain a successful portfolio of global investments.

From its inception, WKI has focused on international markets and opportunities, recognizing long ago that only growth can sustain and build the value needed to attract and hold shareholders around the world. It is clear that five key global developments are taking place and driving corporate success:

  • Growing size and potential of international markets
  • Increased linkage of world markets
  • Increased competition from foreign companies
  • Consolidation of global competition
  • Increased demands on the pool of global capital
To help corporate management meet new and proliferating global demands, William Kent formed WKI in 1966 by assembling a team of highly trained, experienced international business specialists. Today, clients engage WKI to work on every continent of the world. Our services cover a broad spectrum of international management issues, from conducting basic opportunity and foreign market assessment to designing integrated global manufacturing systems. Most of our clients are based in the U.S., Japan and Europe, although an increasing number lie in emerging economies. All our work is dedicated to developing forward-looking, pragmatic strategies and clear action plans, based on accurate information and thorough analysis. Our services are designed to position clients successfully for international leadership by prioritizing markets and focusing resources. For shareholders and management, our work translates into tangible results - measured by increased market value.

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