To commemorate MSME Day 2022 on June 27, Alibaba.com and AliResearch Institute, Alibaba Group's research arm, published the report "Challenges, Responses, and Transformation of MSMEs in the Post-Pandemic Era".
The report takes a multi-focal look at how Micro- Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) fared through the...
The vast majority of expats are burned out, stressed and reevaluating life and work priorities for more flexibility or to be closer to family and friends, according to a report based on the eighth edition of the Cigna 360 Well-Being Survey.
The report, Burned Out...
Trend Micro Incorporated announced research earlier this year revealing that 89% of electricity, oil & gas, and manufacturing firms have experienced cyber-attacks impacting production and energy supply over the past 12 months."Across the globe, industrial locations are going digital to drive sustainable growth. But this has invited a...
Despite being hit hard by COVID-19 in 2021, Indonesian small businesses still managed to outperform their Asia-Pacific counterparts in business growth, in part due to their high level of e-commerce adoption.
They are likely to maintain this momentum in 2022, according to CPA Australia...
One in five Singapore residents caught in The Great Resignation wave said it has impacted their plans to retire. They expect to push back their retirement from age 58 to 64, six years later than planned.
These findings were from a poll commissioned by...
Pattern has polled 1,000 Chinese shoppers who shopped on the largest cross-border marketplace Tmall Global in the past 12 months.
The polling is set to understand these cross-border shoppers' online buyer behaviour, and how their buying decisions for Western brands and products were influenced in...
Coding skills are growing in prevalence for many job roles across sectors in Singapore. However, almost nine in ten (89%) employers say that there is a shortage of talent with the required coding skills to a "large" and "some" extent.
With the challenge to...
Microsoft has released its second annual Work Trend Index report, "Great Expectations: Making Hybrid Work Work." According to the study, 60% of managers in Singapore say leadership at their company is out of touch with employee expectations, while 78% of managers in Singapore say they don't have the influence...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), have launched an open financial education and action programme for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Asia and Africa.
Known as the...
Sparked by the global pandemic, the Great Resignation has been happening in Singapore for the past two years and will only intensify in 2022.
There has been a wave of resignations in Singapore with almost half (47%) of employees who have been at their current jobs for not...
