The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement will be a strong growth driver for the shipping industry, logistics firms, and major ports, industry experts said. Participating countries of the RCEP are the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. They account for around 30 percent […]
China to overtake 56 economies by 2025 in per capita income
A clerk of ICBC bank counts Chinese 100 yuan banknotes as she poses for the camera during a photo opportunity at its branch in Beijing, April 13, 2016. [Photo/Agencies] China is set to overtake 56 economies in the world’s per-capita income rankings by 2025, Bloomberg reported, quoting the projection from the International Monetary Fund on […]
Boosting diversity is vital for Asian competitiveness
Making electronics industries more inclusive is a competitive business strategy, says Shidah Ahmad, Vice President, and General Manager, Global Order Fulfillment and Supply Chain at Keysight Technologies. Digital transformation is changing the way we live and do business. Industry design cycles are accelerating, and businesses need to innovate faster for first-to-market advantage. An increasing number […]
Can History’s Innovators Teach Us How to Survive in 2020?
Walter Isaacson, a journalist, professor, and author who has chronicled some of the great minds in history: Leonardo Da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, and more. We talk about how these individuals rose to their challenges and what lessons they offer to us during today’s crises — and about Isaacson’s take on the U.S. election […]
Your Vitality Quotient and The Future You Didn’t Expect
Today, more than ever, the topic of leadership competencies has become very important. Among them in particular is the level of vital energy (VQ or vitality quotient). The vital energy coefficient is applicable to both an individual and an organization. Leaders who are unable to control and replenish their VQ according to circumstances will not […]
Don’t underestimate the power of HR in a brave, new world
HR is adding business value in ways previously unimaginable – change management, crisis response, organizational development, and digital transformation. Aditi Sharma Kalra finds out how the CHRO’s job description has evolved and what keeps them busy in this new world, in interviews with seven HR leaders across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and India. We interview progressive […]
China: Employment rising as service sector recovers at a faster pace
The Caixin China General Services Business Activity Index, better known as the services PMI and which provides an independent view of operating conditions in the services sector, rose to its highest level of 56.8 since June from 54.8 in September. A number above 50 shows an expansion in activity, while a figure below that indicates […]
China plans to double its GDP by 2035, the economic plan reveals
China’s top decision-makers plan to double its economy by 2035 and reach the status of a high-income nation by 2025. According to state media, Xinhua, Chinese President Xi Jinping says that it is “entirely possible” to achieve the status of a high-income country, and for the nation to double its economic output by 2035. The […]
Degrees good, skills essential – The new validation for today’s workforce
Academic qualifications have been the main form of validation and gatekeeping for employers in their recruitment for as long as we can remember. And for employees, a good degree has been their passport to a secure, interesting job. But that is all about to change in the new era of work that we have been […]