In today’s world it is the norm rather than the exception to develop products that serve world wide markets, and to do so with engineering and marketing teams that themselves span the globe. The founder of The Harvest Circle, Jim Power, has led multinational development teams for decades and spent four years living in Shanghai, China helping establish the Covidien R&D Center there.

We can help in the following areas:

Managing Multi-National Teams:

  • Dividing teams and tasks so that time zone differences work to your advantage
  • Ensuring essential communication is maintained and understood
  • Understanding cultural differences that might lead to confusion or mistakes
(Note that all of the above may even apply to different teams within a large country)
 

Identifying and Incorporating Specific Differences in Governmental and Healthcare Systems

  • Identifying Market, Supply Chain and Technology differences that might defeat even the clinically best product in certain markets
  • Compensating for, or taking advantage of, those differences
  • Understanding how different regulatory regimes might receive your application

Informational Videos

Multi-regional development in China
Regional and Federal Differences in China
International R&D

Asia as a market
Regulatory differences between the US and China