OUR KNOWLEDGE MACHINE
The Center for Development and Competitive Strategies Ltd. (CDCS®) is a knowledge
machine of business competitiveness and social development driven by an innovative
fusion of market and development. The knowledge machine, CDCS®, is designed to blend
global good practices, indigenous wisdom and expert insights in crafting innovative
home-grown knowledge solutions.

CDCS® consultants and professionals strive to excel in business and social research,
strategy formulation, capacity building and intervention management demands of both
private sector and development organizations. A uniquely positioned research andconsulting
firm, CDCS® has been operating since 2005 with rigorous attention to creativity,
quality, and customization.
CDCS® is incorporated under the Companies Act 1994 with the Registrar of the Joint
Stock Companies and Firms, Government of Bangladesh in 2005. Since then, it is operating
as an independent private sector research and consulting firm offering its customized
knowledge solutions to business enterprises and associations, development organizations,
and other market and non-market entities.
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Our Functional Approach
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CDCS® solutions come under three clusters, namely
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Research & Strategy Solutions ...more
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Capacity Building Solutions ...more
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Intervention Design & Implementation
Solutions ...more
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In offering these solutions, CDCS® operates through three designated consulting
windows, namely –
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CorporateAdvising: addressing business competitiveness ...more
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SustainableMarket: managing the interface between market and development ...more
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Deliver: designing and implementing development initiatives ...more
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The matrix arrangement of CDCS® consulting windows vis-à-vis its solution clusters
offers a unique opportunity for CDCS® to walk along the cross-board and design a
customized solution package, as a particular case may demand. Because every case
is unique, so should be the solution. And, that’s where CDCS® strengths lie in.

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Our Mission
Contributing to economic growth and social development through environmentally and
socially responsive solutions to business and development challenges.
OUR VISION
The Center for Development and Competitive Strategies (CDCS®) strives to translate
the wealth of accumulated knowledge and expert insights into professional practices
in the fields of business and development to ultimately contribute towards national
and enterprise level competitiveness through winning strategic solutions, meaningful
actions and interventions, and improved human and organizational capacities.
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Our Goal
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Promoting private sector growth by enhancing enterprise competitiveness
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Assisting market development by advancing pragmatic home grown solutions
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Managing development initiatives by facilitating participation and building partnerships
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Improving market responsiveness by creating value for market players and other stakeholders
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Building organizational capacity by developing human competence
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