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Resources on starting and managing a company in emerging markets.
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It is important to invest in regional locations and teams – Ian Whitehead
Ian Whitehead is the director for retail and business banking at Commonwealth Bank of Indonesia.In just three years, this executive has taken almost 200 flights within Indonesia to get to know the market and culture, bringing in previous experience from…
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Success or failure will depend on your local partner – Todd Lauchlan
Todd Lauchlan is the country manager of Jones Lang LaSalle, Indonesia’s largest property consulting firm.
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Retail is a huge opportunity – Ajay Bandhu
Ajay Bandhu has been the country manager of consumer finance company Home Credit Indonesia since 2012, following the same position he held previously in Vietnam.
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Importing Animal Products To Indonesia
Importing goods to Indonesia is definitely a hot topic. Our previous blog posts about import licenses and undername import are among the most read articles we’ve written.
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It is badly understood that Indonesia is a mobile market – Remko Weingarten
Remko Weingarten runs a mobile applications and website development company in Indonesia. Originally from the Netherlands, Remko has become one of Indonesia’s most recognized developers for BlackBerry and Android platforms, hosting his own forum and managing a successful company from…
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Indonesia's Trade Balance in 2012 – analysis and outlook
Indonesia’s trade balance was in a deficit for the first time in 2012. In this article we will look into three major reasons behind such historical change. In the following weeks we will go more into details and analyze the…
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Seek advice about how to set up your business – Mika Ollikainen
Finnish company Metso is a global giant with annual net sales of over 7.5 billion euros. Their industries include services in the process industries, including mining, construction, recycling, pulp and paper, power and oil and gas. We met with Metso’s…
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Understand the culture and learn the language – Ani Lee
Ani Lee is a young and ambitious entrepreneur from China with a dream to build the best language teaching center brand in Indonesia. She came to Indonesia in 2006 with a scholarship to study and has stayed here ever since.
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Do not come to Indonesia alone – Chee Hou
Chee Hou came to Indonesia 10 years ago as a software engineer from Malaysia. He returned in 2010 to start brand activation agency PiEE Internasional.
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If you don’t use consultants, you will be losing a lot of money – Malcolm Llewellyn
Malcolm Llewellyn is Indonesian cement business veteran, having lived here for over 30 years. Nowadays he is managing his own cement consulting firm Nusa Prima Persada. When most other expats left in 1998, he stayed.