Retailer Tesco to launch Internet shopping Tesco will roll out Internet shopping in the Thai market this year, said John Christie, CEO of Tesco Lotus, the UK-based retailer’s Thai operation. The launch of Internet shopping is an important part of the company’s strategy to grow its retail business in Thailand, he said. The firm has already started online shopping in Britain and Eastern Europe. Thailand will be the first market in Southeast Asia for the initiative, which is expected to be one of its more profitable businesses in the near future
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Tesco Lotus Top retailer to launch Internet shopping. There are opportunities for modern trade to grow further in Thailand, said John Christie, CEO of Tesco Lotus. Currently, traditional trade channels represent about 60 per cent of the total retail industry here. Tesco Lotus has been growing at a faster pace in the past few years because the Thai economy is improving, he added
T3CON12 Asia From 17 to 19 August 2012, the first TYPO3 Conference in Asia will take place in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia: T3CON12 ASIA!
T3CON12 ASIA provides a great opportunity to learn more about the enterprise Content Management System TYPO3, the next generation PHP framework FLOW3 as well as Mobile Development. Participants can connect with local and international decision-makers, developers and designers from the TYPO3 community and wider ICT network
Read more about the conference here: First TYPO3 Conference in Asia
The TYPO3 community has just been informed that Mr. Kasper Skaarhoej will participate in the conference. Kasper founded the TYPO3 project back in the late 90′es and was the leader and main developer of the system through the first decade
Asia & Oceania Weddings & Honeymoons Online On our website you will find up-to-date Asian wedding and Oceania honeymoon information about 12 plus Asian and Oceanic countries and latest news of the best Asian travel destinations and island resort areas
You can also find information about Asian wedding websites and holiday, cruise and Oceanic tour packages & interesting news about major Asian and Oceanic honeymoon vacation cities
Guide to Medical Health Tourism in South-East Asia Asia
ASEAN Health and Wellness Tourism Definition ASEAN Health tourism and wellness tourism are two very different kind of health care. A person with various medical conditions would travel to experience therapies that will help to make them well – or to improve his or her health. Whereas, a person who seeks a wellness travel experience, is generally is healthy to start with, and seeks therapies to maintain his or her well being
Five Ways to Make Corporate Space More Creative Winston Churchill famously said, “We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us.” The places we work and the ways we think are inextricably linked: a few changes to one inform the other. It’s possible to shape an environment to encourage creativity and collaboration. And changes to a workplace need not be complicated: simple changes are often the most effective, if only because they will actually be implemented. If your office space is dampening creativity and your company’s facilities department isn’t a resource, there is hope. Here are five tactics you can use to improve a less-than-ideal work environment.
Source: Harvard Business Review Blog
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If words are the physicians of the diseased mind, the words spoken by these physicians are helping heal not only the mind but also the body. With an increasing numbers of patients coming to Noida (An Indian City near New Delhi) – a fast emerging hotspot for medical tourism – hospitals in the city have hired translators to make these patients feel comfortable during their treatment while at the same time helping in the facilitation of their treatment
Doctors said a bulk of their international patients are coming from Balkan and African countries in search of quality and affordable treatment for a variety of diseases. “The problem is there is a genuine difficulty in communication which can prove to be a hindrance in case of diagnosing these patients. However, we have employed translators with fluency in a variety of languages to solve the problem. It not only makes the patient feel at home but also helps the doctor,” said the Fortis Noida spokesperson
CEO, Listen to Your Workers – Employee Ideas & Suggestions How can a company save money, invent new products and improve service? Forget the consultants. Try asking the people who know the company best
Companies that make an effort to listen to their employees gain a great deal from doing so. According to the 2008 book “Driving Growth Through Innovation,” by Robert B. Tucker, “suggestion plans” – which enable workers to suggest improvements save the companies $2 billion annually, an average of $6,224 for each suggestion that is implemented
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Xu Xiaoping, one of China’s most prominent angel investors, doesn’t think China will be able to produce its own equivalent of Steve Jobs or Bill Gates in this generation.
Xu feels many Chinese tech companies and their products and services lack “soul.” For example, Steve Jobs was more artist than engineer. He believed his products needed a personality and evoke emotions in people. Xu said this way of thinking and intuition is largely missing from China and is a fundamental reason why China will not have a Steve Jobs in this generation.
Source: The Washington Post – Innovations
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IdeasUK is the country’s foremost association for the promotion of employee involvement programmes. We are a not for profit organisation (a registered charity) that was founded in 1987, aimed at assisting organisations – in both the Public and Private sector – to develop robust ideas programmes and to provide a forum for membership networking.
It is our firm belief that in these challenging times, quality ideas can significantly help a business become leaner, as well as helping the front line staff make a real difference to the overall objectives of the organisation
We do not receive any formal funding from government or business and are not considered to be consultants, but a business advisory service. We are a membership organisation with around 100 members’ worldwide (organisations such as Boots, HSBC, Ministry of Defence and Dubai Aluminium) and have worked with many times that number over the years to establish successful ideas programmes
Website: www.ideasuk.com
IdeasAmerica IA is an internationally recognized organization serving professional managers and administrators of employee ideas, involvement and innovation systems for over 68 years by providing quality educational programs, publications, benchmarking and networking opportunities. Our members are leaders who are dedicated to building organizations that engage their employees, encouraging them to contribute to their organizations at many levels and in many ways.
Employee Involvement is the keystone of organizational development, nurturing the engagement and empowerment of people.
IdeasAmerica is committed to increasing organizational effectiveness through the imagination of employees. Our members work in a broad range of companies who understand that their employees have the skills and ideas to help make their companies more productive and profitable.
IdeasAmerica’s annual Awards Program specifically recognizes the creativity of employees and offers awards that honor outstanding Ideas of the Year as well as recognizing the role leadership plays in promoting employee involvement.
Website: http://www.eianet.org/
