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Tips on how to protect your business in Hong Kong

This article provides investors with tips on how they can protect their business in Hong Kong.

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Tips on how to protect your business in Hong Kong

This article provides investors with tips on how they can protect their business in Hong Kong.

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5 ways Hong Kong firms can attract and retain a diverse talent

Work places have become more diverse than ever, as employees push back their retirement and companies look to foreign talent to fill skills shortages. These vast generational and cultural differences present a new set of challenges to leadership.

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How to protect Hong Kong banks from information heist

With billions of dollars worth of transactions taking place across the globe every day, financial institutions are a goldmine for cyber-criminals, if their systems are breached.

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The checks and balances on Hong Kong’s credit commitments

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) recently highlighted a number of ‘warning signs’ that the territory’s economy was in danger of over-heating. Rising levels of household and an accompanying surge in consumer spending have, according to the HKMA, left the economy worryingly exposed to increases in interest rates.

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How to gain customer loyalty and make it your business' advantage

Customer loyalty is a hugely important topic for Hong Kong businesses, yet it is often overshadowed by other, more high profile issues. But think about it for a moment: loyalty is the most accurate tool to determine whether your business is ‘doing it right’.

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5 reasons why equity crowdfunding is good for Hong Kong Investors

Hong Kong is a country of diverse cultures, emerging trends, and an unrelenting desire to learn. Yet despite this, many eyes, including those within Hong Kong itself, remain firmly pointed towards the West when it comes to innovation.

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Is tech good or bad for Hong Kong's work-life balance?

The number of mobile internet devices is set to outnumber humans by the end of this year. There'll be more smartphones and internet-connected tablets and monitors than there are people on the planet. The prediction is especially amazing when you think that 3G – already fairly old news – is just over a decade old.

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The crucial implications of FATCA for U.S. Citizens in Hong Kong

On July 10, 2013, the Hong Kong Legislative Council moved to enable Hong Kong to enter into stand-alone Tax Information Exchange Agreements and, more importantly for U.S. persons who have financial accounts there, to sign an “intergovernmental agreement” (IGA) with the U.S. for implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).

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What can DDoS do for Hong Kong businesses

Hong Kong and the rest of the world are becoming increasingly connected electronically, expanding markets and reducing the inefficiencies of doing business across borders. Services can be hosted anywhere and customers served can be from anywhere as the Third World catches up to the First World’s broadband penetration and narrows the digital divide.

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5 ways to deal with difficult people

Doing business in Hong Kong, you'll realise that we are all connected, somehow, with someone who tries us to the brink of our emotional sanity. Those who are lucky have had to deal with them on occasion, alright, but without chance of another or regular interaction.

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How Hong Kong travelers can prevent flight-related back pain

Traditionally, the summer months are the busiest for travel in Hong Kong.

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5 principles of effective websites in Hong Kong

The rapid adoption of the Internet has been impacting the community at large. In Hong Kong, the number of Internet users today has reached nearly 4.9 million, which accounts for 68% of total population, as revealed by the report, We are Social - 2012 Social, Digital and Mobile in Asia.

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Hong Kong's future amidst the changing monetary system

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Why Hong Kong lags peers in project management

In Hong Kong and Singapore, as two of the most advanced Asian economies, knowledge-based work is increasingly important. At the same time, the number of business, charitable and government initiatives which are delivered through projects are increasing. So why is it that we still regard project management as a role--a job to be done by any manager or qualified professional--and not as a profession in its own right?

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Tips on how to go back to work after maternity leave

The prospect of returning to work after having a baby is sometimes quite daunting especially as there is a desire to stay at home with the new child rather than commute leaving baby behind. Planning the transition back into the workplace or setting up a company instead need not be a frightening prospect or saga.

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Four ways Hong Kong firms can optimize their websites

Getting ahead in Hong Kong business used to be about who you knew.

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What iOS7 means for Hong Kong's tech-freaks

Apple’s newly unveiled iOS7 gives a dramatic re-work on the interface, and has some interesting new features under the hood, some that users will enjoy and some that will delight or frustrate your developers.

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