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Is America’s Corporate Culture In The Dark Ages?

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Within the next few years, Mustang added offices in Melbourne and Perth, Australia; Mumbai, India; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Bogota, Colombia; Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia; and Norway. company operating in a foreign land avoid missteps. which he and two partners started in 1987 to design and build offshore oil platforms.

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Will NFC Technology Take Off In Singapore?

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The Finnish telecommunications giant, for example, partnered the country’s largest taxi operator ComfortDelGro to offer an NFC-enabled option to consumers to book a cab. By simply tapping their NFC-enabled phone at over 400 locations across Singapore, consumers can initiate a booking via SMS.

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The Seven Rules of Fearless Growth: What Fearless Companies Are Doing To Grow Faster And Smarter 

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Do we develop new capabilities internally or partner? In short, they operate confidently in uncertainty. Rule #3: Partner, borrow, and share. In the past, businesses needed to own or take responsibility for every aspect of their value chain, from research to development to operations to sales and marketing. Not anymore.

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

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To tap this burgeoning market, companies should consider working with local partners who possess a more intimate knowledge of each market. Beyond Lenovo’s famous acquisition of IBM’s PC business, entertainment conglomerate Dalian Wanda bought American cinema operator AMC Entertainment followed by British yacht builder Sunseeker.

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[Singapore] Evernote Partners StarHub to Expand Footprint Here

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“We’ve also seen good traction in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand.” But Ken Gullicksen, Chief Operating Officer of Evernote, who was in town for the announcement, is optimistic that this partnership will garner mutual benefit for both sides. million of which around 1.2

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Incubators Are Reaching Out To 1M/1M

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Satya is evaluating various go-to-market models such as franchising, and I advised him to focus on direct selling to major builders and working with industry value-added resellers (VARs) that already operate in the smart home segment in India. Bill has been following the 1M/1M project and would like to connect his partners to our team.

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[Singapore] Tribehired.com Lands Investment; Plans Team Expansion

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“Recruitment is an evergreen industry but it is also ripe for disruption,” shares Shirley Wong, managing partner at TNF Ventures. Prior to this round, TribeHired had received pre-seed funding from Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd , a government agency under the Ministry of Finance, Malaysia.

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