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Research is the key to decision making – be it for business strategy or for development
policy and intervention design. The CDCS® approach to business and social action
research, backed by its accomplished experts and dedicated professionals, is sure
to unearth and present the hidden realities relevant for a given decision making
context.
What makes CDCS® offerings so unique and so demanding is its outstanding competency
in providing its clients with research-based strategic guidelines – be it in the
form of a set of actionable recommendations or in the form of a strategic roadmap
for business competitiveness or in the form of a complete intervention package for
sustainable development initiatives.
The research and strategy team at CDCS® not only engages sophisticated qualitative
and quantitative (e.g. statistical analyses by using SPSS) methods, it also get
engaged in intra-team intellectual debates to explore deeper insights and confirm
the utility of the research output in strategy formulation and/or operational decision
making. Some of the 'CDCS®-first' research projects include –
• Analysis of Latent
Market Demand for FM Radio in Bangladesh & Strategic Roadmap for Radio Today, the
first-ever FM radio station in Bangladesh
• Establishment of Uniform Grading System for Agro-produce in Bangladesh.
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When it comes to attaining and sustaining competitive advantage over others, continuous
improvement through capacity building is one of the key organizational strategies.
CDCS® strives to facilitate individuals and organizations enhance their capability
to explore opportunities, understand constraints and to meet and exceed expectations.
To accomplish the goals of any capacity building project of an organization, CDCS®
partners with its clients to rigorously assess the true needs and to craft an appropriate
approach to best address those needs under the given operational context. CDCS®
finds a close collaboration between the parties to be instrumental to success.
When capacity building projects involve a large number of partners, CDCS® resorts
to its unique approach to mission-alignment first and then crafts customized solutions
to best fit the organizational contexts.
With its very diverse basket of expert and professional panel, CDCS® is well-poised
to undertake any capacity building intervention that may involve as audience top-notched
corporate professionals or grass-root farmers, opinion leaders and MSMEs.
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When opportunities are there to make robust improvements or when something does
not happen the way it is desirable, needed is a set of well-crafted deliberate interventions.
CDCS® has excelled in designing and implementing ground-breaking interventions,
exceeding expectations of its clients and stakeholders.
The project design and implementation team at CDCS® works along two core principles:
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Stakeholder participation and ownership of the intervention idea
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Scale of impact and sustainability of the initiative
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For example, in one of the recently completed market development interventions of
CDCS® involved consultations with 40+ corporate and development organizations, active
participation of eight strategic partners, contribution of 240+ grass-root level
change ambassadors and a direct reach of 65,000+ farmers and agro-MSMEs. The phenomenal
success of the project is attributed to distinctive CDCS® approach to intervention
design and implementation.
In short, the unique intervention management approach of CDCS® is based on the core
principles of relevance, ownership and sustainability,
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