... 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
... her start-ups backed by venture capitalists, including Uber Technologies Inc., the US taxi-booking app that said earlier this month a new round of funding valued it at US$41 billion. The Beijing-base ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-30
... h the mix-ups of younger colleague Gary Chan, who famously said after his election years ago that he would try his “breast” to do his job. Could the richest political party in Hong Kong (it raised a r ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-24
... by start-ups backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd., the country's biggest internet companies. “Uber needs a local player like Baidu that really understands the Chinese market ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-12
... these tie-ups make a certain degree of sense. All these tech companies operate websites or make mobile gadgets that could work well with these smart devices, allowing users to do things like turn on a ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-10
... ied start-ups in the Cyberport. Eligible firms will get HK$530,000 assistance over two years and helped in consultancy, training and office administration. Fifty-one projects have been funded this yea ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-10
... two check-ups every 24 hours. Joshua Wong said they would stop the hunger strike only if the government agrees to talk with them. “If Leung Chun-ying and his government are willing to launch a dialogu ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.US) is combining enterprise and personal applications in its Windows Phones to make the devices more useful for a broad spectrum of consumers and help the firm compete better wit ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-02
... for start-ups, he said, adding that such efforts will help the local economy weather the challenges stemming from supply-chain management changes and the online-to-offline business model. "Hong Kong n ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-01
