SEARCH

Showing 261-270 of 299 results

  • BUSINESS

    Feeling the pulse

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 13/03/2017

    » When Tamara Ingram was named CEO of J Walter Thompson (JWT) in March last year, many in the industry cheered the fact that a big glass ceiling had finally been shattered where women in advertising are concerned.

  • BUSINESS

    In search of a voice

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 27/02/2017

    » Lack of decisive leadership and commonality of interest in the South China Sea means that the best Asean can do is foster an environment conducive to perpetuating a stalemate, say experts.

  • BUSINESS

    Tooning in

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 13/02/2017

    » Big-budget American studio productions and old Japanese favourites tend to come to mind when the talk turns to the artistic and commercial success of the animation industry. Most people will mention Finding Dory or Doraemon, but only a handful would think of films such as Khan Kluay from Thailand.

  • WORLD

    Game on in Asean

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 13/02/2017

    » Asean governments, especially in Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore, are providing significant support to game designers, aiming to attract talent to develop an industry that is booming alongside demand for mobile games in China.

  • BUSINESS

    Inequality needs tackling on multiple fronts, says Nobel economist

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 13/02/2017

    » Asian countries have not done enough to reduce income inequality, and governments have to step up efforts to train their unskilled workers while providing better education to their least advantaged citizens to improve income generation, says a Nobel Prize-winning economist.

  • BUSINESS

    The road not taken

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 20/02/2017

    » Long before "connectivity" emerged as the all-purpose buzzword to describe the goal of regional integration, an ambitious plan was hatched for a land route from the Andaman to the South China Sea via Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. As good roads took shape, industries and economic development would follow. At least, that was the idea.

  • BUSINESS

    Marketing to Millennials

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 06/03/2017

    » As the generation that grew up with the internet, social media and smartphones, millennials are changing the way marketers reach modern consumers.

  • WORLD

    Work in progress

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 30/01/2017

    » Merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions have been surging in Vietnam, as steady economic growth and an expanding middle class draw interest from companies in Thailand, Japan and South Korea among others.

  • BUSINESS

    Luxury goods get a second life online

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 23/01/2017

    » In the constantly changing world of fashion, what's new can quickly become old and get shuffled to the back of the closet and forgotten. But some styles endure forever, and that is fuelling the growth of the second-hand vintage fashion business online.

  • OPINION

    Winter is coming, still

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 09/01/2017

    » Following an eventful 2016 that featured seismic political shifts and numerous celebrity deaths, many of us greeted the New Year with hopes that better times lie ahead. But regardless what the fortune tellers say, 2017 could be the year of consequences, whether it's the final outcome of Brexit or the impact of a Donald Trump presidency.

Your recent history

  • Recently searched

    • Recently viewed links

      Did you find what you were looking for? Have you got some comments for us?