international business
Will Australian students’ growing disinterest in Asian studies affect our economy?
Major media has reported an “alarming” 22% decline in the number of Australian students studying Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese or Korean from kindergarten to year 12 between 2000 and 2008. And when the Australian Industry Group surveyed 380 business organisations, it found that most CEOs neither speak nor understand any Asian languages, and have minimal experience in the region, yet more than half of those surveyed planned to expand into Asia in the future.
Atlassian’s Scott Farquhar talks about raising US$60 million from Accel
Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar should be in a good mood. Last month, the company he created with business partner Mike Cannon-Brookes, as 22-year-old university students in 2002, became the recipient of a massive US$60 million venture capital injection from Silicon Valley venture capitalists Accel Partners. In this podcast, he speaks to Anthill’s James Tuckerman about [...]
Australian innovation lets the people of PNG pay for electricity using mobile phone credits (and what this means for all technology developers)
The rapid adoption of this service highlights the suitability of mobile payment technology in developing countries, which often do not have access to the same payment methods and services available in developed markets. It also highlights a trend that Australian software and application developers best not ignore.
Latest top markets for Aussie exporters revealed
This week the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) released research into the activity of Australia’s exporters with a key finding being that, despite the global finaincial crisis, Australia’s export industry is healthy and volumes have continued to grow.
The hottest market opportunities in Japan for entrepreneurs located elsewhere (part 2)
In my previous letter I looked at two trends in Japan that may turn into “hot’ opportunities for those outside the country. Here are two more trends that will provide opportunities for an entrepreneurial soul.
The hottest market opportunities in Japan for entrepreneurs located elsewhere (part 1)
Which trends in Japan will turn into hot opportunities for entrepreneurs located outside the country? I gave this some thought while sliding down Japan’s best powder ski slopes as Australia was sweltering over summer. Here are the first two of four “hot” sectors at the top of my list.
Macquarie’s shadow: International investment is Australia’s Achilles Heel
Foreign investment and domestic jobs have been inextricably linked since Australia’s convict days. Austrade’s Chief Economist Tim Harcourt explains.
Can Canada capitalise on its Olympics achievement?
As Sydney 2000 illustrated, the Olympic Games present a wonderful opportunity for the host country to channel the attending global attention into commercial momentum. But with the global economy on the slow road to recovery, will Canada be able to parlay the triumph of Vancouver’s recently concluded Winter Olympics into sustained business success?
Letter from Japan: Why Japan is a paradise for entrepreneurs
Doing business in Japan has often presented cultural difficulties for westerners. However, as our expat entrepreneur living in Tokyo Jon Sparks reveals in this new series, Japan might be in the shadow of the emerging markets of China and India, but is still one of the best places in Asia for entrepreneurs to operate.
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