One in four Malaysian small businesses surveyed in CPA Australia's Asia-Pacific Small Business Survey 2021-2022 are planning to introduce a new product, process or service to the country, or indeed the world, this year.This innovative small business culture is critical to Malaysia attaining a 'high technology nation' status...
Forrester forecasts that working populations in the five largest economies in Asia Pacific — India, China, South Korea, Australia, and Japan — are more at risk due to physical robot automation than Europe and North America. By 2040, 63 million jobs are expected to be lost to automation, with more than 247 million jobs expected to...
Sophos has released additional findings from its survey report, The Future of Cybersecurity in Asia Pacific and Japan, in collaboration with Tech Research Asia (TRA), revealing businesses are increasingly prioritising budget for cybersecurity. In 2022, 11 per cent of technology budgets are dedicated to...
Global research by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services commissioned by SAP SE has found that more than nine in ten (92%) of businesses in Asia Pacific (APAC) say that an adaptive culture and continuous employee upskilling is very important, though only 30% say their organisation is very prepared...
The Advanced Computing for Executives (ACE) centre, a continuing education and training unit under the National University of Singapore’s School of Computing (NUS Computing), and All Digital Future LLP have partnered to launch a new Digital Transformation Leaders Programme (NUS DTLP). The Programme is designed around “The...
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore can now tap on a mentorship programme that will make it easier for them to kickstart their sustainability journeys and build capabilities to decarbonise. Known as the “SME Kickstarter Decarbonisation Programme”, the initiative is conceptualised and implemented...
A survey by Schneider Electric has revealed that only half (52%) of Singaporeans are confident that organisations in Singapore will achieve their publicly-disclosed emissions targets in the coming decades. Less than two-thirds (63%) of Singaporeans are also confident Singapore can achieve its net zero...
As competition for talent remains tight, employers are facing increasing pressure to evolve traditional workplace design thinking and put employee needs and preferences front and centre of business strategies. Staying in tune with worker wants in 2022 and beyond requires investing in technology that...
The pandemic has reshaped shopping habits online, and new consumer behaviors are here to stay. Over three quarters of online shoppers in Singapore now say they are onboard with cross-border shopping, nearly double the number who were receptive to the idea before the pandemic.
Cognizant has introduced The Future-Ready Business Benchmark, research from Economist Impact, commissioned by Cognizant. This comprehensive survey of business leaders across eight industries and 10 countries is aimed at understanding the state of the modern business and how leaders are preparing for long-term success in a post-pandemic world.