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Business Strategy Research
We explore innovative strategic directions toward becoming a continuously growing world-class enterprise.
We support companies in enhancing their future competitiveness and strategic decision-making by developing innovative business models and diverse options to improve strategic execution capabilities.
  • Research on growth strategies and portfolio management for POSCO Group
  • Research on future industry megatrends and analysis of management issues
  • Stakeholder communication, board governance, and corporate governance Improvement Research
  • HR strategy development, personnel system & organizational structure design, labor law & policy issue analysis
  • Research on ESG strategy and management systems, analysis of trends and leading practices
Steel Research
Analyzing domestic and international steel companies to grasp the trends in the steel industry and researching the future paradigm shifts in the steel sector
We derive measures to strengthen the resilience of the steel ecosystem and conduct research on steel-using industries to explore the development of a sustainable steel industry.
  • Analyzing domestic and international steel companies and formulating strategies for achieving competitive advantage
  • Research on future paradigm shifts in the steel industry, such as hydrogen reduction steelmaking technology
  • Creating value through symbiotic relationships with customers and deriving measures to strengthen the ecosystem
  • Proactive research on responding to changes in the global trade environment, including carbon border adjustment mechanisms
  • Conducting long-term and short-term steel supply forecasts and price predictions and research on steel-using industries
Industrial Research
Based on the analysis of industry trends and competitiveness, we formulate competitive strategies for each core business of the group and study strategies for creating synergy among businesses
We pursue industrial development for a better future by researching key industries for a sustainable future, such as energy materials, hydrogen & energy, and infrastructure.
  • Research on energy materials and the lithium/nickel industry
  • Analysis of energy industries including LNG, solar power, and wind power
  • Forecasting future trends in the infrastructure industries such as construction, logistics, and ICT
  • Research on carbon-neutral strategies such as hydrogen, CCUS, and RE100
  • Exploration of future promising businesses such as new mobility and advanced materials
Economic and Policy Research
Conducting analysis on issues and changes in the economic and policy domains
We predict domestic and international economic trends, diagnose the business environment according to geopolitical changes to assist in corporate decision-making, and understand and interpret the interaction between economic trends and policies.
  • Analysis and forecasting of domestic and international economic trends, and analysis of short-term and long-term economic issues
  • Business planning and risk factor analysis based on regional monitoring
  • Diagnosis of the business environment and research on strategic directions based on changes in global geopolitics
  • Research on domestic and international policy issues
  • Providing group information services, including management trends and standard statistics