Frequently Asked Questions
Below are the top questions we receive from potential clients, contacts, and recruits. Please review the FAQ and if you have further questions visit our Contact page and call us or send us an e-mail and we will respond promptly.
Q1. What is Insight interAsia?
Insight interAsia Pte Ltd provides consulting services to technology-focused companies that are interested in doing business in Asia. Our services range from establishing branch offices in Asia for our customers to performing an in-house audit for customers already involved in Asia to acting as a sales/marketing agent for some customers. For more information on IIA's capabilities, please see our Services page.
Q2. Why is your HQ in Singapore?
Singapore is an easy place for us to coordinate our activities across Asia. Excellent communications infrastructure, ease of multilingual business operations, and the friendly tax environment are all factors in our decision to base the HQ in Singapore.
Q3. If your HQ is in Singapore, do you give Singapore any preference when you are recommending operations to your clients?
Absolutely not. Please see answer immediately above as to why we our HQ is located in Singapore. We look for the only the best possible Asian-based solutions for our clients. Depending on the customer's short- and long-term goals we will create a solution for them in Asia which ensures maximum ROI. That solution my involve Singapore, but more often it does not.
Q4. Which countries do you operate in?
Absolutely not. Please see answer immediately above as to why we our HQ is located in Singapore. We look for the only the best possible Asian-based solutions for our clients. Depending on the customer's short- and long-term goals we will create a solution for them in Asia which ensures maximum ROI. That solution my involve Singapore, but more often it does not.
Q5. My compnay is particularly interested in the large and fast-growing markets of China and India. What does IIA do in those countries?
IIA has a very strong network of contractors and contacts in both China and India. Much of work involves technology market studies about and, subsequently, establishing operations in China and India for our customers. We do not publicly publish the contact numbers of our people in China and India (and Taiwan) due to potential tax implications with the governments of those countries. One of the reasons we located our HQ in Singapore is take advantage of the local Chinese language skills and the physical proximty to India. Please contact us if you are interested in China and/or India as we have a great deal of experience in these two imporant markets.
Q6. Does IIA work with customers in Asia who want to establish a presence in another country in Asia?
Yes. We have representative offices in Japan and Korea to assist customers in those markets.
If you are in another country in Asia other than Singapore, Japan, or Korea, please contact our Japan office for assistance in English or contact the Singapore office for assistance in Chinese (Mandarin).
Q7. What are your rates and fees?
Our rates and fees are very competitive, but of course the details depend on your orgainzation's goals and time frame. Please contact us to initiate a dialogue about how we can best serve your interests in Asia. We are confident you will find our rates to be extremely reasonable based on the quality of effort and results you will see based on our efforts for you in Asia.
Q8. Can IIA act as our sales agent/distributor?
IIA can act as an agent and importer--and we do it very succesfully for some customers--but it depends on the technology and market(s) you are most interested in. In some countries we are better equipped to do this than in other countries, and it depends on the core competency of the staff in that market and the local tax implications. Please contact us and let us know what you are interested in doing in Asia and we may, in some instances, recommend ourselves to be your agent.
Q9. When will IIA establish a telephone number or a sales office in Europe?
We expect to have a liaison desk in place in Europe in Q3 2007. We will post the contact information as soon as it is available.
In the meantime, our European customers are asked to contact us by telephone at the office in Singapore or Japan for assistance in English. Due to the time differences, this is best done in the morning in Europe. In the late afternoon, please contact our liaison desk in the USA.
Likewise, we have set up a Europe-specific e-mail address where European customers can contact us about issues and projects specific to them. We look forward to hearing from you.
Q10. When will IIA establish a telephone number or a sales office in Latin America?
We expect to have a telephone number in place in Latin America in Q4 2007. In the meantime, please use our USA liaison desk in Texas (Central Time zone). Habla español.
Or, Latin American customers can contact us in English, Spanish, or Portuguese at our Latin American-specific e-mail address. We look forward to hearing from you.
Q11. My company is interested in doing business in Asia, but we are not a "technology-based" company. Can you help us?
Insight interAsia focuses on technology-based clients and, thorugh this focus, allows us to create the most value for the customers in Asia. If you have a non-technology good or service that you would like to market or manufacture in Asia, please contact us and we will help you find the people who are best suited to assist you.
Q12. How can I apply for a job at IIA?
Please see our contact area for potential recruits. There is also a unique e-mail address for you to send your resume/CV to.
Q13. What does your logo mean?
The Chinese character for "Asia" is here: and is pronounced "ya" in Mandarin. We used this character to signify that we are pan-Asian in nature and not focused on only one market. We want to convet the message that we do business anywhere and everywhere in Asia.
The red "i" for "inter" is perpendicular to the "ya" character. This signifies that we cross-cut different countries and technologies, depending on our customers' goals.
The red color is a nod to the flag of our headquarters country of Singapore, and the red dot on the "i" acknowledges the importance of our Japanese contacts and customers and that our largest representative office is in Japan.