Japan’s Quest for Renewable Energy
Japan, for many years the symbol of safe use of nuclear energy, started to revise its focus on atomic power following the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima plant meltdowns. After the...
As Myanmar Works Towards Stability, Communal Violence Holds The Nation Back.
In mid-2012, we published a report on Myanmar, looking into its potential as a new emerging market with considerable investment and trade opportunities for foreign investors (see: Myanmar – The...
Can ‘Made In China’ Become a Desirable Label in the Luxury World?
If you type ‘Chinese luxury’ in your search engine, you are very likely to get a plethora of information on China being a hot spot for Western-produced luxury goods, as...
South Korea – At the Crossroads!
South Korea is the world’s fifth largest automobile manufacturer, behind China, Japan, the US and Germany. Automobile sales in South Korea breached the 8 million units mark for the first...
Indonesia – Is The Consecutive Years Of Record Sales For Real Or Is It The Storm Before The Lull?
Part II of our Automotive MIST series brings us to Asia – Indonesia, now the second largest South-east Asian automotive market. Indonesia, South-east Asia’s biggest economy, is now set to...
Can Poland Remain A ‘Green Island’ Amid Crisis-struck Europe?
Since 2008, the economic crisis has been the subject of countless news headlines across the world with numerous economies sliding towards the verge of painful recession. Europe has been severely...