... the start-ups which have limited resources. Filling a need, it's no surprise that co-working spaces have been springing up rapidly in the city in the recent past. Unwire.com, a local technology news w ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
... gone many ups and downs, and various financial secretaries have been good at pleasing the public. In 1999, when the government ran a deficit of HK$21.4 billion and the local economy shrank by 7 percen ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-27
Hong Kong plans to improve the ecosystem for local start-ups, especially technology enterprises, by expanding the financing channels and strengthening business support services, Financial Secretary Jo ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
... for start-ups in both the US and in Asia. In 2013, only 10 percent of the total capital invested in EdTech went to companies operating in China. In 2014, that number increased to 24 percent. Given the ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
... uture tie-ups could include recently-listed Hong Kong players like Linekong (08267.HK) and Forgame (00484.HK), or New York-listed Sungy Mobile (GOMO.US), whose shares have all languished since their I ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
... y's start-ups march into the mainland market. Hong Kong has its geographical advantages and plays a unique role in globalization. The city has top-tier financial institutions, the rule of law and good ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
... ent shake-ups or business downturn comes from that one market. But even that is apparently not enough deterrent. Tourism chief Peter Lam wants to increase the proportion of Chinese tourists by 2 perce ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
... cal start-ups. Ng sees the city as a springboard for introducing his app to other parts of the world. Not many start-ups survive. Ng is facing his fair share of challenges. With limited staff and reso ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
... ble start ups in the country. One97 runs Paytm, an online platform where users can shop or pay utility bills, It has about 23 million users. Ant runs Paytm's Chinese counterpart Alipay. Paytm has bene ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
... junket groups, compared to a commission scheme in the case of smaller groups, he said. NagaCorp, which operates the flagship casino resort Naga World in Phnom Penh, saw its gross gaming revenue climb ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-06
... get start-ups that have yet to make profit. They invest in about a dozen of these small start-ups every year, although most of these targeted firms will be gone after a couple of years. But if one or ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
... e new tie-ups and raise big funds for M&A deals as they seek to expand abroad. Hong Kong looks set to emerge as one of the most popular targets for new tie-ups, thanks to its status as a bridge be ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
... 680 start-ups benefited. In contrast, our ITF funding is highly skewed towards the public sector in terms of the application requirements and the amount of funding. Among the four schemes of ITF, the ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-02
... cal start-ups are not new. Some observers said large organizations still prefer to acquire relatively mature firms rather than take risks to help grow smaller ones. “Hong Kong should not stop at being ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
... 000 start-ups, despite having a population of just 8.1 million, making it a hub of innovation next only to Silicon Valley in the US. In the past week alone, although it is not a typical one, about US$ ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
Having worked in the Center for Entrepreneurship of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, I have had a lot of opportunities to see start-ups in action. They face 10 big challenges. (1) Founders of star ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-22
... say, mark-ups may be limited, given the local demand for luxury goods has not been robust in recent years. But remember that luxury watches are long-term investments. Dealers note that those who bough ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-22
... ish start-ups for commercial purposes. Meanwhile, in other measures, the government is looking at allocating more land and resources to help the development of the local movie industry in Kowloon East ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
... omote tie-ups between Hong Kong schools and those in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong. So far 420 pairs have been formed, at least on paper. A principal with a middle school in Sha Tin district, was qu ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
... for start-ups like Proptiger and Housing.com also makes India more attractive for foreign investors compared with China, where local money dominates, according to one investor, speaking on condition o ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
