Pan-Asia

A keen understanding of the trends and developments currently shaping Asia’s e-commerce landscape is key to fostering a successful growth strategy in Asia for almost any type of business.

Optimism among Asian companies rose to the highest level in more than two years in the second quarter of 2014, in part due to leadership changes in India and Thailand and a boost to China’s economy.

The new Sustainable Energy for All Hub for Asia Pacific was formed at the 9th Asia Clean Energy Forum this Wednesday. The hub aims to bring together professionals, technical experts and investors to advance renewable energy in the Asia Pacific region.

Smartphones and tablet computers will increase online retail sales in the Asia-Pacific region to more than US$400 billion a year by 2018, according to a report by global consumer research firm Euromonitor.

For foreign investors, understanding the increasingly significant role of business-to-business (B2B) and B2C e-commerce in emerging Asian markets is a critical prerequisite to formulating a competitive long-term investment strategy.

Japan continues to be the most expensive country in the Asia Pacific region for expatriate packages, followed by Australia and India, according to the latest ECA MyExpatriate Market Pay Survey.

With China becoming embroiled in increasing numbers of regional tensions, the operational risks for foreign investors in a number of these countries should be assessed. In this article, we highlight the key concerns across the major Asian nations.

In this issue of Asia Briefing Magazine, we provide a comprehensive overview of e-commerce trends across the Asia-Pacific region with a focus on developing markets in Southeast Asia.

The World Free Zones Organization, a new non-profit organization with a mandate to implement industry best practices and protect the interests of free zones, was officially launched in Dubai on Monday.

The China-Japan-Korea Agreement for Promotion, Facilitation and Protection of Investment came into effect on Saturday, May 17 and is widely believed to prelude the establishment of a China-Japan-Republic of Korea free trade agreement.