Resource Centre

The best and the worst marketing and branding activities for 2012, including some important media news of the year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Faced with ever-changing threats, traditional narrow and reactive risk responses are no longer adequate for creating sustainable businesses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

George Kohlrieser talks about his new book Care to Dare - Unleashing Astonishing Potential Through Secure Base Leadership. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nippon was seen as a cheaper alternative, so to change perception it kicked of a campaign to change the perception. Gladys Goh and Alvin Teo discusses about that campaign. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What goes on behind a hotel's front desk filled with smiling receptionists and a lobby full of helpful bellhops? Gricia Gan, a hotelier opens the door to show how to run a hotel chain, and how to reach the hotel's target market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From fruits, vegetables and food items to halal products and services, from disabled-friendly building design to critical infrastructure, from electrical and electronic appliances to household items, from cosmetics to children' toys, from healthcare services to pharmaceutical products; STANDARDS MALAYSIA (the only national Standards and Accreditation Body) ensures that all these are delivered to c...

Does anyone care about green underwear--nothing to do with the Green Hornet or the Green Latern, superheroes who wear their tights on the outside. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a culture not known for reading and with several large bookstores, what does an independant store to find its niche? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MGCC (eu-financed CBI, Cleaner Batik Initiative Malaysia, in which we “green and clean” about 15-20% of the entire Malaysian Batik industry, a great project. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Never too young to inculcate the seeds of entrepreneurship. Mark Holmes tells how young minds can be the fertile ground. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Malaysia - 28th October 2012 - DEALGURU Holdings Pte Ltd (operators of  DEAL.com.sg , DEALivery.sg and MyDEAL.com.my ) acquired Asian Room Service Sdn Bhd (operator of Room Service Deliveries in Singapore, Malaysia). DEALGURU will merge its existing food delivery operations, DEALivery.sg into Room Service Deliveries to form the biggest Food Delivery Service in South East Asia. See omnystudio....

Survey by Gfk for PayPal indicated that Malaysians would skip shopping mall queues to shop online and on mobile devices this festive season to save 36 hours of their time, allowing more time to be spent with family and friends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Norhalim Yunus, CEO Malaysian Technology Development Corporation MTDC talks about creating and nurturing of technology entrepreneurs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Millward Brown, a global research agency specializing in advertising, marketing communications, media and brand equity research shares on maximising your marketing ROI -  Mr. Nitesh Lall, Managing Director of Millward Brown Malaysia talks to Freda Liu about  getting the biggest bang possible for your marketing dollar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

The adoption and effectiveness of talent management practices across the finance function – from shared services (SS) to the retained finance function – is patchy and inconsistent. What are the consequences? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How should businesses spend when it comes to enterprise risk management(ERM)? Should small businesses get started on ERM? How much should they consider spending? Wh at should stakeholders do when it comes to managing ERM? In today's Resource Centre, Freda Liu speaks to Jason Yuen of Ernst & Young, who talks about integrating information technology with ERM. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

Livescape are  the people behind top festivals such as the Rockaway Festival, and South-East Asia's largest music festival, the Future MusicFestival Asia. Recently, in March 2012, they joint-ventured with Future Entertainment Australia, an established events and youth-marketing company in Australia and producers of some of the world's largest and award-winning festivals to bring Future Music...

In today's Resource Centre, Freda Liu speaks to Betty Lim, owner of Finex Company Vietnam, a HR consultancy in Ho Chi Minh City, about the unique bureaucratic challenges of running a business in Vietnam. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While there are challenges of going international, corporations from emerging markets are doing so. Writer and collaborators explore the strategies for disrupting markets and building brands - Lim Soon Heng speaks to Amitava Chattopadhyay, author of "The New Emerging Market Multinationals", about how these companies came to become strong players on the global stage. See omnystu...

Malaysian entrepreneurs have been able to sustain their access to business capital in the past six months and are remaining optimistic about their businesses despite the gloomy economic outlook. Discover why in today's Resource Centre, in which Ron Khoo and Stanley Chee of Entrepreneurs' Organization discuss findings from the Global Entrepreneurs Indicator Survey and their...

Foong Cheng Leong, a lawyer tells of the intellectual property laws governing social media and what businesses ought to look out for and not infringe. If a business outsources the management of its social media activities, who is responsible for infringements? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do you do and how do you brand when you’re appealing to the public's caring hearts? World Vision Malaysia's Liew Tong Ngan speaks to Lim Soon Heng about the how and why it comes to doing this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

5 scientists came together to build their dream research center. After 6 years of developing formulas for prestigious cosmetic brands and leaders of the pharmaceutical industry, their dream of creating their own Brand is realized. Cyril Tellinge of NovExpert told Jeff Sandhu and Lim Soon Heng how this all came about. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kimberly-Clark undertook a campaign to market Kotex with the goal and message that its product empowers young women to stay confident & exude their femininity. Freda Liu spoke to Soo Woon Yee, Marketing Director of Kimberly-Clark Trading, and Audrey Low from Mindshare about how it branded Kotex and also how it managed to differentiate Kotex products in the market. See omnystudio.com/listener f...

Ms. Cindy Ko, International Expansion VP of Endeavor Global, explained how non-profit organization helps transform emerging economies by supporting High-Impact Entrepreneurs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.