Resources
Guides, reports, tools, and definitions to help you navigate international market entry and country risk analysis.
Doing Business in Vietnam: A Friction Analysis
A comprehensive look at market entry friction in Vietnam, covering political stability, regulatory hurdles, cultural considerations, and logistics infrastructure.
World Bank Ease of Doing Business Alternative
The World Bank retired its Ease of Doing Business ranking. Here is what replaced it, what is still missing, and how Nexus fills the gap.
Trade Policy Uncertainty Report 2025
Trade policy uncertainty has surged 125% since 2019. This report analyzes rising barriers, CBAM, tariff escalation, and how to track changes in real time.
What Is a Country Risk Score?
A country risk score quantifies the difficulty of doing business in a specific country. Learn how Nexus computes scores across five friction dimensions.
Understanding Bilateral Friction
Bilateral friction measures the difficulty of doing business between two specific countries, accounting for directional trade barriers and cultural distance.
ASEAN Market Entry Playbook
Navigate the ten ASEAN economies with friction-aware market entry strategies. Covers Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, and more.
Sanctions Screening Primer
Understand OFAC, EU, and UK sanctions regimes. Learn how Nexus aggregates sanctions data and what it means for market entry decisions.
Friction Score Methodology
A deep dive into how Nexus calculates composite friction scores: normalization, dimension aggregation, weighting, and severity thresholds.
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