Japanese drug firms eye opportunities in Kingdom
At least 15 Japanese pharmaceutical companies are looking for business opportunities in Thailand as part of plans to play a bigger role in Asian markets outside their own country.
Creating a corporate culture
Having competent workers is a good start but it is the corporate culture that will help sustain an organisation's success. Realising this fact, Nasdaq-listed IT company NetApp has identified the workplace culture as one of its three key success elements since it was set up in 1992.
Govt budgets $200m for 'Miracle Year' tourism campaign to start in March
Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) - The Thai government has earmarked 6.34 billion baht (US$200 million) for the "Miracle Thailand Year 2012" campaign set to start in March, the Tourism and Sports Ministry says.
CPF adjusts feed-meal business amid changes
Charoen Pokphand Foods is having to adapt its feed-meal business to cope with structural change in both the trading and manufacturing culture of the sector, the goal being to manage an integrated business in terms of supply and services.
Book Review: The Windup Girl
New submitter Hector's House writes "'Nothing is certain. Nothing is secure,' reflects one of the characters in Paolo Bacigalupi's novel The Windup Girl. In 23rd century Bangkok, life for many hangs by a thread. Oil has run out; rising seas threatens to engulf the city; genetically engineered diseases hover on Thailand's borders; and the threat of violence smolders as government ministries vie ...
Sony’s Hirai Vows to Deliver Stringer Vision With Cost Cuts
When Sony Corp.’s 2006 release of PlayStation 3 flopped because features installed by the engineer who founded the business made the games console too expensive, Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer tapped Kazuo Hirai to turn the division around.
Pattaya Mail
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 28 -- Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland said that Thailand remained a good place for investment, as it was a centre of and gateway to the region.
Populist policies do Thai children no favours
In a fast-changing world and the challenges that come with it, many people in Thailand --from parents to business leaders--are wondering if children are getting the right kind of education needed to face these difficulties.