Singapore

According to the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum, 95% of businesses in the Asia-Pacific region are SMBs. The percentage varies by country.

Any Singaporean organisation seeking to improve the effectiveness of its planning processes will quickly discover that feedback is a vital element of any planning system.

In today’s sometimes chaotic business reality, leaders in Singapore are consistently caught in a squeeze. They are responsible for creating and driving performance and at the same time they are measured on just how lean an organization they can run. A great majority of leaders and managers are well-intentioned, smart and accomplished, but fail to live up to their potential. This could be because they stop working on themselves. For some, they stop making progress because they simply do not think that they need it in the first place.

When it comes to business, success is often measured by top line and bottom line performance.

There were a record number of marriages in Singapore in 2011, yet a similar record decline in the UK. Why? Singaporeans get married as if it was going out of fashion and this might be their last chance! There are many reasons for this. If people got married in 2011 they may well have a Dragon baby. Yes as daft as that may sound, having a baby born in the Chinese Lunar Year of the Dragon, especially Water Dragon, the most powerful of the Zodiac signs means a lot to Chinese Singaporeans. The other major reason why Singaporeans get married and got married in record numbers is housing. In Singapore the vast majority of housing is provided by the government, called HDB’s (Housing Development Board).

So you're a young Singaporean professional. Go out there. Travel. It’s the best thing you can give yourself after finishing that final report you’ve spent grueling nights typing in your office cubicle.

(Or how they can create greater value by focusing on experience rather than price.)

Mention Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and most small to medium business sized business owners in Singapore would likely dismiss it as something that only the big companies and big multinational companies need.

As the 21st century dawned on us, it unceremoniously enmeshed us into this cyber era. As the tectonic clash continues to rapidly grow in the Silicon Valley region, the evidence of this cataclysm can be felt miles away in South East Asia.

Keppel is rumored to be in final negotiations with Petrobras on two of the eight FPSOs. Jurong Shipyards and the Mendes Junior-OSX consortium are the other forerunners. 

The bank’s plan to merge BDMN with PT Bank DBS Indonesia will create the fifth largest bank in Indonesia.

The joint venture gave birth to Oxley Bloom.

The securities daily average value for last month declined to S$1.2 billion.

It was the 3rd consecutive month of expansion for the sector.

Even if jobseekers view jobs here not offering long-term security and competitive compensation package.

Profit after tax and minority interests down by 13% in 1Q12 but optimism skewed towards 2H.