It is time for the Philippines to use the country’s balance sheet and “rekindle” the economy through both monetary and fiscal means, says Ayala Chairman and CEO Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala.
Fajrin Rasyid of Indonesia’s Bukalapak says 95% of retail in the country still happens offline in places such as traditional retailers known as “warung.”
Takao Yasuda of Pan Pacific International Holdings, Don Quijote and Don Don Donki says staff at its stores are given autonomy in making decisions such as what products are carried and the prices which they are sold at.
Managing Asia pays tribute to the late John Gokongwei, founder of JG Summit. An industrialist and philanthropist, the billionaire from the Philippines was hailed for his business acumen and his courage to challenge even industry goliaths. Well known as a visionary with a legendary rags to riches story, we replay Christine Tan’s 2007 interview with the man many Filipinos fondly called “Big John.”
CNBC’s Christine Tan takes a tour of Neste’s refinery in Singapore, while the Finnish company’s CEO Peter Vanacker explains the rationale for the its “big investment.”.
Ren Zhengfei, CEO and founder of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, explains why he “wasn’t very surprised” when he heard the U.S. had put the company on its Entity List.
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