International Value Arbitrage
Why going Global is a mistake and going International is smarter 🌍
Markets are complex, fast-moving, competitive and unequal. Each country evolves at its own pace. There is not one nation “ahead” of all others, specific sectors evolve at different speeds in each country. That is where the real opportunities exist.
🔄 The same arbitrage once applied to commodities can now be applied to specialized services, which can benefit from the same cross-market advantages:
• Demand: your product understanding might be higher somewhere else along with the buyer's needs and demand.
• Capital available: might be more willing to back your project abroad.
• Barriers are solvable: languages are a barrier that technology and the adequate partner solves.
Going “global” can waste resources and force unnecessary positioning. Going “international” is smarter: it allows you to de-risk your income generation and protect yourself from disruptions to your sources of revenue by unpredictable tariffs, conflicts or sudden regulatory shifts. After this year, we should all rethink where to allocate our efforts.
A brilliant global entrepreneurship researcher told me: “Go where your sector has momentum, where your sector is most developed, there you will find facilitation”. His track record as an early investor: a global Cleantech startup arbitrage, from India to Europe.
A local partner offers expertise, speed of deployment thanks to a wide network of contacts, practical insight and informed advice at a lower cost than building your presence from the ground. ⚡
Contact me if you are an international company assessing the Spanish market in the energy sector and likewise a Spanish company looking for opportunities in other European countries. 🇪🇸
Think international. And always ask a national for their input.