Topic: Southeast Asia

Global and Local Market Trends

When people talk about the latest market trends with regards to multimedia, they often speak in terms of global or macro usage. READ»

Samsung's Solar-Powered Cell Phone on Sale for $59 in India

Samsung has announced the impending release of its first solar-powered cell phone, hot on the heels of Sony's GreenHeart C901 and Naite phones made from recycled CD cases and water bottles. But while consumers in the U.S. will be ...READ»

Is Innovation Just Another Business Model? 3 Systemic Innovation Processes

Innovation has gone from being an "A-Ha" Moment to a field that is studied and can be predicted. READ»

My 7th job in the year

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Tropic Thunder is a Lightning Rod of Controversy

The storm of controversy surrounding faux-Vietnam War film, Tropic Thunder, emerged late last week when disability advocacy groups began protesting the comedy's portrayal of the intellectually disabled. But the movie's premise, about ...READ»

World Fisheries Congress

Clams, shrimp, spicy-tuna rolls: Yum! Global seafood consumption has tripled during the past 50 years. At the fifth World Fisheries Congress (October 20 -- 24) in Yokohama, Japan, sustainability -- of the $155 billion industry and the animals it depends on -- will be the big concern. Here are seven species on the menu.READ»

• Now October 2008
• Numerology: National Boss Day
• Meet: The Federal Open Market Committee

Editor's Letter: Great Stuff

A CEO modeling underwear. An expletive-spouting billionaire with a tiny lapdog and a Dr. Evil air. Elk hot dogs, house music, and 714 billion cups of coffee. Those are among the journalistic treats in this issue. But if ...READ»

The Little Red Book of Chinese Advertising

“Imagine the Beatles at JFK in 1964. That was what our reception was like.” Kevin Swanepoel, president of The One Club, was recounting what it was like to step before an auditorium of hundreds of clapping, cheering, ...READ»

India Reported

During a recent week-long business trip of South-East Asia, one of the things I looked forward to was to see how the local media reports on India. Naturally, I expected Indian IT and outsourcing to hog most of the limelight. I would ...READ»

Juan Fernando Aguilar: Top Banana

America's favorite banana might soon be wiped out. In Honduras, breeder Juan Fernando Aguillar is searching for a replacement.READ»

Interview: China Is Just One Market for Travel Expansion

Interesting interview from the NY Times Here a little summary: Q. How big is the travel market in China? A. According to China Travel Bureau statistics, in 2007 it was $150 billion, spent by Chinese on travel ...READ»

Power User's Guide to Planners

Three helpful planners for road warriors.READ»

John Hanke

Product director (Google Maps, Local, and Earth)READ»

• Presenting the 2008 Fast 50
• The World's Most Innovative Companies
• The Faces and Voices of Google

Contributors

MARKUS KLINKO & INDRANI When Markus Klinko and Indrani Pal- Chaudhuri teamed up in 1995, both were already stars -- Klinko as a classical harpist, and Indrani as a fashion model. Now they are famous for their iconic images of ...READ»

Another Rubber Tree Plant

In the Arizona desert, the start of something big--or anyway something that feels good on your hands.READ»

Security: Power To The People

The myth of American omnipotence fell in the Iraqi desert, laid low by an agile new enemy. We have a chance now to rethink the systems that protected us in the past. It's one we cannot miss.READ»

Open-Source Innovation: IDEO's Human-Centered Design Toolkit

A free guide to user-focused design can be applied anywhere from a for-profit design firm to an NGO working in a developing nation.READ»

• Designers Accord Case Studies

Survive (and Thrive!) During these Tough Times with Open Source

Many business executives are looking for more ways to cut costs during these tough times and have a mandate to "do more with less." Open source software fits the bill perfectly as it has little or no upfront costs, licensing flexibility (often times you can install on as many PCs you want and for as much users as you need) , development flexibility (the source code and APIs can be customized, the platform and toolkits are readily available), and the fact that many open source projects actually have better and larger support communities than proprietary products.READ»

Building the Right Model for Business in China

How Timberland CEO Jeff Swartz balances the demands of the marketplace with the demands of the civic square.READ»

The Ultimate Survivor

The Army's Special Forces SERE course was designed by a Green Beret who relied on its four elements -- survival, evasion, resistance, and escape -- to return home from the Vietnam War in one of that war's most improbable survival stories.READ»

Detroit Electric and Proton to Beat Tesla S to the Electric Car Finish Line

Tesla's Model S stole many a headline during its launch last week. But when it comes getting an all-electric sedan onto the market, Tesla's time in the limelight may be brief: Proton and Detroit Electric are planning on putting an ...READ»

They Sure Don't Make Comic Books Like They Used To

It isn't mainstream, it hasn’t been seen before, and it’s definitely not into Superman. Make way for a company that, in eschewing superheroes, inducting celebrities, and creating internationally palatable South Asian edged content, is refreshingly new and different.READ»

Dragon Dream

Stan Shih's 'Dragon Dream': Building Taiwan's first global brand.READ»

Biotechs Look Overseas to Launch a Stem-Cell Revolution

According to one small biotech, the best way to launch a stem-cell revolution is to do it overseas.READ»

• The Price of Approval

Competitive intelligence Asia : the strategic edge for corporate Asia in times of economic turmoil

This blog article is based on a previously published article in the SCIP Newsletter in 2003 and has been updated in August 2008. Competitive intelligence Asia When sales are down and margins shrink, one of the first things ...READ»