1,5 min read – The 32nd International Manufacturing Machinery, Equipment, Materials Exhibition is happening in Jakarta from 6 to 9 December 2023. This exhibition covers Industrial Automation and Logistics, Machine Tools,

2 min read – Which hand should you use when giving your business card in a) Indonesia? b) India? c) China? Understanding cultural nuances is crucial in business. While a

2 min read – When you conduct business abroad, you sometimes engage a local business partner. You are the Principal; the local partner is the Agent.   You want your

2 min read – Corruption is a challenging concept to define. It’s as elusive as love, trust, or morality, with each person having their own interpretation. Pramoedya Ananta Toer is

2 min read – In the push for decarbonization and the transition to electrified transportation, Nickel has emerged as a key metal in batteries. Indonesia, having the world’s biggest reserves

1 min read –  Inalum is Indonesia’s only state-owned primary aluminium plant, also called a smelter. It produces about 270 thousand metric tons of pure metal per year. The original

2 min read – What is the difference between traditional Consultants and Interim Managers? Everybody who has worked in a big corporation has already seen Consultants. They are usually the

1,5 min read – Local Content Requirement, or LCR, is a regulation aiming to boost the national economy by requiring imported products to have a part of their content made

1 min read –  In the previous post we have seen the theory of the Blue Ocean strategy. Let us now look at this concept practically with two examples. B2B Indonesia is

1 min read – It is annoying when people give up before even trying. In business, some companies think they have no chance to compete in the Asian markets. They associate

1 min read – On 10/10/2023 La French Tech Indonesia will hold its annual summit in Jakarta. An event aiming to foster innovation, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing within the Tech ecosystem,

1 min read –  TikTok, the popular video app owned by China’s ByteDance, is making strategic moves in Southeast Asia. In some countries, Tiktok faces challenges : it was banned