Blog Posts tagged with : Supply chains/Value chains
From battlefield to marketplace: the Greater Mekong Sub-region
Posted by on May 22, 2012The Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), comprising six economies along the Mekong River - all at different stages of development - is perhaps the most successful example of sub-regional economic cooperation in Asia. It has turned a once-bitter battlefield into a marketplace, [more] in the words of former Thai Prime Minister Chatchai Choonhavan.Th...
Apple’s audits: important but not the key
Posted by on Feb 22, 2012The furore over Apple’s “failures” to ensure labour and environmental standards compliance in its supply chain continues, with protests outside Apple stores, petitions online to “tell Apple how you feel” and an increasing number of high-profile expose-type articles looking at conditions in Apple’s suppliers. The counterparts to exposes and ...
Thailand shows resilience again after the flood
Posted by on Jan 26, 2012During the Great Flood, as the 2011 flood in Thailand has come to be known, there were predictions by economists and other commentators that there would be dire consequences for the economy and even that the new Yingluck Shinawatra--led government would fall. Happily none of these has come to pass. Thailand has again shown its resilience to shocks to the sys...
Apple: Breaking new ground on supply chain responsibility?
Posted by on Jan 18, 2012Apple sent waves through the international media and CSR (corporate social responsibility) communities by publishing the names of its leading suppliers in its latest Supplier Responsibility report. While information on which factories are suppliers to major brands like Apple may be an “open secret” in the industry, it was less clear how far Apple (and ot...
Surprising star performers in Asean
Posted by on Jan 17, 2012The Bangkok Bank’s latest research report on Asia Key Economic and Financial Indicators highlights two surprising star performers in Asean – Laos and Thailand. Laos was the fastest growing economy in Asean in 2011, with GDP rising by an estimated 8.3 per cent. This tops Cambodia and Indonesia, the second and third fastest, at 6.7 per cent and 6.4 per cen...
