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Hong Kong ranks among the world’s top five producers of graduates in sciences, according to a global survey by the International Institute for Management Development. Photo: Shutterstock

Editorial | Survey shows Hong Kong talent search is paying off

Official recognition of city’s efforts to attract and foster those who enhance competitiveness bodes well for future.

4 Oct 2024 - 6:30AM

‘I knew little about wine’: clean slate for accidental Burgundy estate boss

28 Aug 2024 - 3:45PM

‘We need to have purpose’: Hong Kong NGO boss on helping others thrive

29 May 2024 - 5:15PM

More ESG proposals imminent, as China unleashes minority shareholders: Allianz GI

The Chinese stock market is poised to see the emergence of shareholder resolutions on ESG issues next year, as incoming corporate governance reforms start allowing many more minority owners to present proposals for voting, a stewardship expert says.

7 Apr 2024 - 11:00AM

The Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai. The reforms, together with a CSRC action plan, will allow many more minority shareholders to put forward proposals to be voted on by all shareholders, Allianz GI’s Liu says. Photo: Bloomberg

Opinion | Three lessons the AIIB learned after Pickard’s storm in a teacup

The development bank’s reputational crisis underlined the importance of best practice in crisis communications and staff conduct, and the need for a better understanding of Communist Party membership.

16 Jul 2023 - 1:00AMvideocam

Learning to lead: schools offer students the chance to build skills

Leadership training isn’t about learning to be the boss, but about developing attributes and attitudes that enable teams to perform well, and schools provide a variety of situations in which children can hone these skills

1 Mar 2023 - 11:00AM

Struggling Xiaomi looks to improve decision-making with new governance bodies

Chinese smartphone brand Xiaomi has set up two corporate governance bodies to improve efficiency in decision making in the wake of major management reshuffles and slumping sales.

1 Feb 2023 - 4:39AM

A Xiaomi store seen at night in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Higher-level business courses building tomorrow’s leaders today

As in the rest of the world, Hong Kong’s institutions have had to grapple with pandemic-era logistical challenges on top of evolving to address the big data, fintech of the the moment

3 Jan 2022 - 10:00AM

Kaisa loses board control in Nam Tai after epic shareholders revolt

The vote ended IsZo’s revolt since May 2020 to oust Kaisa over claims of fiduciary mismanagement and business strategies that hurt shareholders’ interest.

1 Dec 2021 - 4:58PM

China, Hong Kong investors lag on ESG, but expected to raise game: BNP Paribas survey

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations are expected to become increasingly important to institutional investors in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a survey conducted by French bank BNP Paribas.

14 Sep 2021 - 10:05PM

ESG awareness is rising among both investors and policymakers in Asia-Pacific, the survey found. Photo: Shutterstock

WH Group’s family feud goes up a notch after US$1.4 billion wipeout

WH Group, world’s biggest pork producer said allegations by Wan Hongjian, one of the sons of its founder, are ‘untrue and misleading’.

23 Aug 2021 - 8:04PMvideocam

Wan Long is the chairman of WH Group, the world’s biggest pork producer. Photo: Nora Tam

China’s restrictions on overseas academic exchanges ‘could harm policy’

A proposal submitted to the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference says measures have gone too far.

6 Mar 2021 - 8:00PMvideocam

Samsung succession plans complicated by Lee Jae-yong’s risk of jail time

Technology giant Samsung Electronics may hold off on naming Lee Jae-yong as its chairman for a few months, avoiding a scenario where the newly minted leader goes to prison.

27 Oct 2020 - 4:21PM

How SF Express founder Wang Wei went from delivery man to billionaire

Before Wang Wei became China’s 10th richest billionaire, he was an illegal cross-border delivery man – here’s how he made his fortune

22 Sep 2020 - 11:58AM

Wang Wei, Chairman of SF Express at Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Photo: Money

How artificial intelligence makes travel safer during Covid-19 pandemic

AI can help computers recognise speech, predict people’s behaviour, detect signs of illness in passengers at airport check-ins and reduce fraudulent business transactions

13 Jan 2022 - 2:17PM

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in travel disruptions around the world. Photo: Shutterstock

Three co-CEOs to manage operations at China’s top insurance firm

Co-founder Peter Ma will continue in his role as chairman, while chief financial officer Jason Yao Bo has been named as third co-CEO.

2 Jul 2020 - 5:22AM

‘International education’ key to bay area development, says schools pioneer

The economic growth of the GBA will spur demand for ‘international education’ from local students, says Betty Chan Po-king, CEO of Yew Chung International Schools in Hong Kong.

20 Jun 2020 - 3:47PMvideocam

Letters | Make accounting studies count for Hong Kong’s university hopefuls

Accounting and management should be separate subjects. Currently, the compulsory curriculum is too wide and incoherent while the elective curriculum lacks depth. The Education Bureau must better prepare accounting students for university.

11 Jun 2020 - 8:00AMvideocam

Secondary school students wait in line to sit the Diploma of Secondary Education exam at their centre in Shek Kip Mei on April 28. Photo: Winson Wong

IBM, the silent job cutter, stokes worker anxiety, speculation

US technology giant IBM, which has about 350,000 staff worldwide, will not disclose the total number of its employees who were recently dismissed because of competitive reasons.

1 Jun 2020 - 8:42PM

Opinion | What makes New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern an authentic leader

Coolness under pressure, self-discipline and the decisiveness of her government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has earned international praise.

28 May 2020 - 1:34PMvideocam

Opinion | Ocean Park failures: how government policy is the cause and the cure

Having encouraged a China-centric business model, the government can set things right by ensuring park bailout conditions include diversifying clients, allowing profits to fund conservation, and a focus on serving locals first.

26 May 2020 - 6:32AMvideocam

Ocean Park’s struggles reflect the challenges of the wider Hong Kong economy – a small, open economy overreliant on Chinese demand. Photo: Winson Wong

Letters | Virus puts China on fast track to a remote-working future

23 Mar 2020 - 6:30AMvideocam

Working from home in Shanghai on March 9, amid a waning coronavirus outbreak in China. Photo: Bloomberg

Chinese firms ahead of curve in gender diversity: Grant Thornton survey

China is ahead of the curve when it comes to gender diversity in the workplace, with 95 per cent of businesses in the country employing at least one woman in senior management roles, according to a survey released by accounting firm Grant Thornton on Thursday.

6 Mar 2020 - 9:31AM

Jack Ma’s advice in the time of coronavirus: retool, reflect, restore work

The comments by Ma, the wealthiest Chinese entrepreneur of 2019 according to Hurun Report – with a fortune estimated at US$39 billion – come as the nation’s companies and factories crank up their levers to return to work, after the coronavirus outbreak kept 50 million workers at home over an extended Lunar New Year holiday.

19 Feb 2020 - 6:27PMvideocam

Coronavirus to test just how reliant the world is on Chinese manufacturers

The deadly Coronavirus is set to have severe downstream effect on trade and supply chains around the world, with manufacturers preparing for the worst.

5 Feb 2020 - 10:17PMvideocam

The world’s second largest economy remains on lockdown, with factories in 14 provinces covering 70 per cent of China’s gross domestic product and 80 per cent of its exports ordered not to open until Monday at the earliest. Photo: Roy Issa

BlackRock flexes US$7 trillion muscle to push for sustainable investing

Sustainability will be ‘new standard for investing’ at BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager with nearly US$7 trillion in assets under management, founder and CEO Larry Fink says. Scrutiny on thermal coal producers will increase from mid-2020.

14 Jan 2020 - 10:29PMvideocam

Cranes unload coal from a cargo ship at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China. Thermal coal producers will come under more scrutiny from BlackRock. Photo: Reuters

Victor Fung heads honours list of 2019 Hong Kong Business Awards

The awards honour exceptional leadership at a particularly tumultuous moment for Hong Kong, as the worst political crisis in the city’s history and a year-long US-China trade war combined to drive the local economy into its first technical recession in a decade.

6 Dec 2019 - 1:55PM

More women executives mean higher stock prices: study

Companies with more women executives tend to perform better in the stock market, according to a Credit Suisse study of more than 3,000 firms listed across the world.

15 Nov 2019 - 10:17PM

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Management

Welcome to the South China Morning Post’s dedicated Management section. It brings readers a combination of exclusive interviews with senior executives, global brand builders, entrepreneurs and hot start-ups – people willing to share their insights into what makes a business (and its leaders) great. We’ll also have practical pieces from professors at some of Asia’s top business schools with case studies and top tips on how to tackle the management challenges faced by executives at every level, with a particular focus that will help people managing businesses in Asia deal with the issues they face as they expand, both in home markets and abroad.

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9 September, 2024