To raise awareness of the potential for mobile technology to enable small businesses, APEC has launched a mobile video competition inviting small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs to share their stories about how they have used mobile internet technologies to develop and grow commercial ideas. Source: APEC News feed
The forces of globalization that have lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty and powered growth in the Asia-Pacific are being increasingly tested. Source: APEC News feed
Small business development officials from the APEC region are bridging gaps in access and use of digital technologies. Source: APEC News feed
Representatives of the APEC Business Advisory Council meeting in Port Moresby fleshed out recommendations to present to the region’s Trade Ministers. Source: APEC News feed
Indonesia’s Minister of Trade, Mr. Thomas Lembong stressed the importance of public process and communications to explain the benefits of trade to “men and women on the street” in very simple terms without which there will not be public support for regional economic integration. He was speaking at the concluding panel discussion on the opportunities
The private sector will share recommendations for keeping APEC economies on track when their Trade Ministers meet in Arequipa, Peru on 17-18 May. Source: APEC News feed
Focus on is on modernizing management and control techniques to limit costly disruptions to travel and trade amid fluctuating industry demand. Source: APEC News feed
Significant demographic changes are prompting greater efforts to harness data and emerging technologies to cushion the effects. Source: APEC News feed
Energy officials from the 21 APEC member economies have endorsed a new global target for deploying 10 billion high-efficiency lighting products, intent on boosting trade and green growth in the world’s most populous region. Source: APEC News feed
The following article by Denis NcNamara, Chair of NZPECC and John Ballingall, Deputy CE of NZIER, on outcomes of studies on Global Value Chains and Global Value Networks was published in the NZ Herald on 22 February 2016. The insights provided by the studies have implications for business and officials to consider.
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