China Still Lucrative for Businesses Despite the Rising Wage Rates
China’s wage has been increasing and is now higher than some of its peers. This means operating in China involves paying more in wages, which can...
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The Week That Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma (Part 2) - Macet=Traffic Jam
For this week's ASEAN Weekly, created in the midst of Jakarta "Macet", I interviewed Insight Provider and Thai guru Athaporn Arayasantiparb to...
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The Week That Was in Asean@Smartkarma - Policy Shifts, Taxing Diesel and Micro Lending
In this week's ASEAN Weekly, we have Nicolas Van Broekhoven publishing his inaugural Insight on Micro Mechanics (Holdings) Ltd (MMH SP), which...
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Thailand's Troubled Transition
Harrison Cheng, Senior Analyst-South East Asia, Control Risks shares his insights on how political instability in Thailand will increase in 2017 on...
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Emerging Markets Are Keeping JDE from Challenging Nestlé for Global Coffee Supremacy
Since the formation of Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) in 2015, the global retail coffee market is fast becoming a bipolar struggle between JDE and the...
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