Advance Business Partner AS offers a starting point into fresh and exciting markets. For more than a decade, our partners have assisted Norwegian companies in international operations. Establishing new businesses in foreign markets and creating approaches of cooperation including the sourcing of foreign businesses. Our partners have had frequent assignments in countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Baltics. We are responsible for NORAD's (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) "Match Making Programme" between Norway and Sri Lanka, and cooperate closely with Innovation Norway (Norwegian Council for Development) in similar programmes for India and South Africa. Our targeted methods for partner evaluation and project development aims to avoid pitfalls and assist in the creation of new profitable businesses. In cooperation with international networks, we study and evaluate strategic opportunities, financial resources and budget utilisation, and coordinate the implementation of decisions made in a reasonable and efficient manner. We aim to create a stable and lasting foundation with which our customers businesses can grow and thrive. In this context, we find it crucial to develop effective systems of targeted and appropriate knowledge transfer which enables our partners self-reliancy at an early stage of the process. Our ambitions exceed the role of conventional consultants. We want to be our customers "business partner"! The essence of our business is to focus on: - Strategies enabling entry into new markets. - The implementation of cooperative schemes. - Cross-cultural negotiations. - Development of models and theories for internationalization of enterprises. - Trend analysis investigating international trade to reveal the implications of global trends for Norwegian enterprises. - Development of strategic marketing alliances.