Business trends

5 Trends You Will Want to Pay Attention to in 2013

Leaders are often easy to pick out from a crowd — they’re charismatic, driven people who simply stand out from the rest. However, there’s much more to leadership than taking charge and giving orders.

8 years, 9 months ago

What The Billionaires List Tells Us About Asian Emerging Markets

Everyone enjoys the voyeuristic thrill of FORBES ASIA’s annual listing of the world’s billionaires, but as an emerging market investor I use the list as a tool to spot what I call Breakout Nations–economies poised to beat expectations, and rivals, over the next five to ten years. Analyzing the list can provide a quick read on an emerging economy.

8 years, 10 months ago

What Business Should You Start? Fast-Growing Sectors For 2013

Here are two important words for entrepreneurs looking to launch a startup this year: Market opportunity. The economy is recovering in fits and starts. Where are there unconsolidated, evolving industries with low startup costs that are seeing sales growth?

8 years, 11 months ago

5 Ways Social Media Takes Customer Relationships To The Next Level

Medical device companies and financial institutions are hardly known for making waves in social media; the strict regulation of these industries is a deterrent for most.

9 years ago

Top 10 Trends in Startup Asia 2012

As the 2012 calendar near a close in this Chinese Dragon year, it’s time to reflect on the top trends that defined the increasingly sophisticated Startup Asia scene over the past 12 months.

9 years ago

The Biggest Trends in Business for 2013: Health Care Goes Digital

The digital health technology market will be worth $5.7 billion by 2015, with chronic care, wellness and medication management leading the charge.

9 years ago

The Future of Sales Technology

Salespeople are always the early adopters. Here's where they (and you) are heading.

9 years, 1 month ago

The Biggest Trends in Business for 2013: The Rise of Big Data

Cutting-edge entrepreneurs are stepping up to crunch the vast (and ever-growing) stockpile of information too large for companies to store and analyze in-house.

9 years, 1 month ago

Top 10 Recession and Budget Trends

In wide-ranging lists, Time surveys the highs and lows, the good and the bad of the past 12 months.

9 years, 1 month ago

The Biggest Trends in Business for 2013: The Workspace of the Future

Wondering about the office of the future? It might take more imagination than you think. "Who says there'll be an office at all?" asks Tom Austin, vice president at Gartner, a Stamford, Conn.-based technology research firm. "Already we work from Starbucks, in the car and at our kids' softball games."

9 years, 1 month ago