We define the threshold, options, constraints and the evidence needed to make a justified call.
Market Entry Decision
A Go, Watch or Set Aside decision, with the downside, central case and upside made explicit.
Does the evidence warrant entry?
Use this when a specific market is under serious consideration and the board needs to decide whether the return justifies the capital, attention and risk.
- Chosen market
- Commercial objectives
- Minimum required return
- Risk appetite
- Scope and specs
Outputs built to travel beyond the project.
The recommendation is delivered with the evidence, assumptions and decision logic needed for leadership review.
Decision verdict
A clear Go, Watch or Set Aside conclusion, with the decision threshold explained.
Probability model
A retained PERT and Monte Carlo model showing the range of plausible outcomes.
Sensitivity analysis
The assumptions that have the greatest power to change the result.
Board pack
Evidence, options, caveats and decision implications ready for leadership review.
A method fitted to the shape of the decision.
Real Options frames the choice clearly: enter now, wait, or set the market aside. We turn the evidence into Source Weighted PERT ranges, run those ranges through a Monte Carlo Simulation and show the probability distribution of likely outcomes.
Your Risk Appetite and financial requirements set the decision threshold. Sensitivity testing then shows which assumptions would have to move for the verdict to change.
Read the full methodologyFour weeks. Three beats.
Source-weighted inputs are converted into ranges, tested through the relevant model and reviewed against sensitivity or regret.
The recommended decision, rejected options, model and board pack are delivered after adversarial review and consultant sign-off.
- A market-entry proposal approaching board approval
- A decision with material capital or reputational exposure
- Teams that need to know what would change the answer
- Early-stage market discovery
- Legal, tax or investment advice
- Execution before the decision is settled
From £6,500. Four weeks.
The scope, fee, evidence boundary and exclusions are agreed before work starts. Fixed-fee project engagements are covered by the three-month money-back guarantee under the signed terms.
From £14,000. Save £5,500.
Includes Market Comparison, Market Entry Decision and 12-Month Entry Plan.
If you need to move quickly, this is the shortest route from market shortlist to board-ready entry plan.
One intake and one current evidence base reduce repeat work, speed up delivery and make each stage stronger because the analysis carries through from comparison to plan.
Discuss the Frontier bundleClear boundaries produce better work.
We confirm the commercial question, scope, evidence boundary, inputs, timetable, fee and exclusions in writing. Work begins only after the engagement terms are agreed.
No. This engagement uses deeply triangulated secondary research. If the decision needs primary research, we identify that gap rather than presenting an inference as evidence.
Whenever a model, assumptions register or working file is part of the output, we hand it over with the controls needed to revisit the answer.
No. We surface relevant commercial and regulatory evidence, but specialist advice remains outside scope and should be obtained where the decision requires it.
Start a conversation.
Bring us a market question the leadership team cannot yet answer. We will tell you whether it fits a defined product, what evidence it needs, and what the fixed fee would be. If it does not fit, we will say so.