Many of today’s emerging markets are predicted to be the dominating economic forces of the future, and none are perhaps more exciting than India and the ASEAN countries. As the global economic glare continues to shift from the west to the east, what may be of particular...
ASEAN with a population of over 650 million people and a combined GDP of over US$ 3.2 trillion in 2019 is increasingly becoming a focus market for global companies looking for stable and high growth opportunities. While Singapore is home to less than 1% of ASEAN’s population,...
Hong Kong has been accustomed to – even thrived on – political upheaval. Ever since China ceded Hong Kong island in perpetuity to the British in the “unequal” Treaty of Nanking at the close of the First Opium War (1842), the territory has faced down challenges and...
Hello from ASEAN Business Partners Welcome to the second edition of our newsletter for the month of February 2021. ASEAN Business Partners is an independent, specialist consultancy that helps companies manage and operate their presence in Asia better, particularly the 10 countries that comprise ASEAN. Please take...
Globally, the pandemic has fast forwarded the adoption of digital technologies and nowhere does this ring truer than the emerging nations of ASEAN. The fact that digital transformation is crucial for business longevity has been accepted for some time now, but the stay-at-home restrictions accelerated...
China’s role as a debtor to the world has become increasingly prominent in past years. In fact, according to a report by Vox, estimates suggest that debt from China (to the 50 most exposed countries) has risen from less than 1% of debtor country GDP...
“There is no company whose business model won’t be profoundly affected by the transition to a net zero economy.” Larry Fink, co-founder BlackRock Letter to CEOs, 2021 Climate change, previously known as global warming, increasingly impacts not just global weather but also its societies, politics and commerce. The...
The Vietnam office of ASEAN Business Partners (ABP) was inaugurated in style on 7th February 2021. Vietnam is a rising star in ASEAN and has been a hotbed for investment activity for several years. Poised for phenomenal growth in the future, Hanoi was undoubtedly our...
Jakarta, Indonesia, 26th January 2021 ASEAN Business Partners (ABP), the leading market entry specialist firm in ASEAN, and PeopleStrong, the leading HR SaaS company from India - announced a strategic alliance at ABP’s Jakarta office. The partnership aims at providing a comprehensive solution to companies in...
On wee hours of February 1, 2021, Myanmar's military once again ousted the democratically elected government, detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders. The military has been crying foul over the November 2020 elections in which Suu Kyi’s government had won a landslide victory....
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