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Achieving greater women representation on Hong Kong boards

Last March 8 marked International Women's Day, an occasion where the achievements made by and for women are celebrated. But unfortunately, the latest statistics on women on boards in Hong Kong do not give much cause for jubilation.

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Achieving greater women representation on Hong Kong boards

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4 approaches for Hong Kong businesses to benefit from localised SEO

The latest numbers indicate that over 80% of people with computer access use search engines to find local businesses. Local consumers are going to go online to find businesses that have what they need and are close to where they live.

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Using the Hong Kong disadvantage to your advantage

Last article I wrote was an introduction into the potential benefits of strategic partnerships in business. Partnerships, if selected, structured and managed well, can provide a company with the necessary tools to expand its market or capabilities without actually needing to physically build up or develop those tools; you just leverage your partner’s complementary capabilities to accelerate and reach your targets.

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Why I decided to do business in Hong Kong

In June of 2013 I opened the first international office for my firm here in Hong Kong, which had previously operated from a single headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. Although our main interests are in China, we decided the pollution and business environment made it an impractical first step in Asia.

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Why China will not replace Hong Kong

According to the Global Financial Centre Index in 2014 Hong Kong is ranked third behind London and New York. The index chooses 75 of the world’s major cities and measures their state of competitiveness in the financial sector.

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What the coming explosion of internet real estate means for Hong Kong businesses

With over 250 million domain names registered globally, the world wide web has become a congested place since the first web page went online in the summer of 1991. In Hong Kong alone, there are almost 12 million active devices online (getting on for two per resident), while the figure globally stands at 3.5 billion.

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Why 2014 looks like another record year for Hong Kong's IPO market

The strengthening global economic environment and investor confidence is expected to fuel the propulsion in the Hong Kong IPO market that began in 2013. Last year, the Hong Kong Exchange placed second behind New York as the world's biggest IPO market, raising US$21.7 billion.

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Why flexible working appeals to Hong Kong job applicants

Flexible working used to be a benefit of salespeople and a few senior managers. But times have changed: new technologies and the need to increase productivity have driven the adoption of flexible working practices significantly, to the point where, at least some of the time, it has come to be regarded as essential.

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How machine-to-machine communication is driving data growth in Hong Kong

Are we producing too much data? That may depend on your definition of “too much,” but it is certainly true that data is being produced at ever-increasing rates.

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How Hong Kong SMEs can tackle cloud computing woes

When SMEs in Hong Kong take a look at the past year and a step forward in 2014 along with the trends of cloud computing, they understand that deploying cloud computing becomes the crucial element in their development as it offers advantages to overcome today’s challenges of SMEs, including budget constraints, dynamic market demands, skills and resources shortage, capacity challenges, increasingly strict data-related regulations, demand for shorter time-to market, and the rapid growth of unstructured data.

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Hong Kong CEOs reveal top HR priorities this year

In a world of ever changing dynamics, it is up to us to create effective strategies to improve all area of business, including HR. In Hong Kong many CEOs are planning to focus on internal operational strategies and work with the key stakeholders to acquire, integrate and retain the right talent.

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Hong Kong braces itself for an upgraded cyber-attack protection in 2014

According to Google’s “Our Mobile Planet research”, Hong Kong leads Asia Pacific in mobile Internet usage: 96% of the smartphone users in Hong Kong use mobile Internet service on a daily basis.

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When diamonds aren't forever

Gone are the days when selling jewelry was a consequence of one of the three Ds: Divorce, Death or Debt. Today’s savvy consumers appreciate the financial and practical rewards of selling unwanted, unworn or outdated jewels and watches.

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How to bring big data into business decisions

A recent article by Forbes.com says, “…an incremental 241% ROI can be generated by applying data to business decision. 91% of CMOs believe that successful brands make data-driven decision. However, only 11% of marketers use data to make business decisions today.”

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Top 3 wireless and mobility trends in Hong Kong for 2014

As we move into 2014, a number of wireless and mobility trends in Hong Kong are poised to have great impact on the networking industry. Last year, we saw the tremendous growth of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and Bring Your Own App (BYOA).

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How Hong Kong's MTR sets the gold standard in transportation

I've lived in New York, Boston and Houston. For the past five years, Hong Kong has been my home.

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Capturing the market opportunities of Hong Kong’s aging population

Recently, our aging population has been a hot topic in Hong Kong. This issue is of course wider than just our city – in Japan, mainland China and indeed all across Asia, Europe and North America – impacts of an aging demographic are being felt not only by the general population and the healthcare industry, but also by marketers and brand strategists in other business segments.

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