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While the time it takes for SMEs to pay their bills has generally remained steady during the last three months, there has been an increase in bills which remain unpaid 90 days after they are due.
China and India’s globalising economies are paving the way for millions of formerly poor consumers to enter the middle class, making the two countries a bright spot for companies.
According to a new study by IDC, 838.7 million employees in Asia-Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) will be mobile workers by 2015 and majority of these mobile workers will be office-based.
In 2012, Thailand will overtake Singapore once again to regain the number-two spot for IT spending in Southeast Asia.
According to the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report 2012 (IBR), a third (33%) of companies in mainland China are planning to grow through acquisition.
The average annual IT budget for SMBs now stands at $152,000, up from the $143,000 previously reported for the second half of 2011 and the $132,000 reported for the first half of 2011.
Three out of ten Singapore consumers (30 percent) said they now ignore the emails, direct mail and social media messages they receive while 44 percent of consumers said they have stopped engaging with four or more brands as a result of poorly targeted communications.
Research data shows marketers believe they have the right approach, but consumer insight reveals otherwise.
Small businesses are the vast majority of Google Apps early adopters, finds a survey of more than 50,000 Google Apps administrators conducted by the Cloud Alliance for Google Apps.
China has already overtaken the US as the largest smartphone market in the world; the number of mobile payment users will dwarf other markets worldwide.
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