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Doing Business in Thailand

QAD

Its bordering countries include Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Malaysia. Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Australia and Malaysia. and Malaysia. In the years since 2005, Thailand has endured much political unrest including a military coup in 2006. Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country not colonized by a European power.

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Anatomy of Agility

MIT Supply Chain

Dr. David Gligor , Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI), is engaged in research to answer these questions. Two areas that are steeped in the study of agility and change management emerged: military science and sports science. But what exactly is supply chain agility and how can it be evaluated?

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How to improve your ecommerce business online in Singapore!

Vinculum

Compared to Japan’s 18%, South Korea’s 25%, and Malaysia’s 40%, this percentage almost doubles. Founded in 2011, this general online store and marketplace let traders sell their products in the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand. billion, ranking 29th globally. They estimate over 4.4

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Top eCommerce marketplaces in Philippines

Vinculum

The Philippines, an archipelagic nation doused by national debt, military coups and national disasters through the 80s and 90s, has bounced back stoically as one of Asia’s evolving markets. The popularity of the website has seen it expand its wings to Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

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Speculation and Shipping in the South China Sea

Elementum

The historic line still claimed by Beijing—despite contrary findings—referred to rather accurately when drawn out on a map as “the cow’s tongue,” covers the Paracel Islands, the Scarborough Shoal, the Spratlys, and sidles right up to several Southeast Asian countries’ borders: namely, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part One: Security Risks

Enterra Insights

military to clean nuclear waste from the Arctic Sea, before melting ice opened new shipping possibilities. In addition to piling sand onto existing reefs, China has constructed ports, military installations, and airstrips — particularly in the Paracel and Spratly Islands, where it has twenty and seven outposts, respectively.

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Top 10 eCommerce Marketplaces in Thailand

Vinculum

Largely a nation that depended on its exports, Thailand has seen its fair share of ups and downs owing to military coups and near recession like situations in the last decade. The Southeast Asian peninsula has been emerging (2019 data) as the second-largest economy of the region.