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The world’s largest nation by population is no longer the low-labour-cost giant of Asia, and its newly elected leadership vows to stamp out corruption. HRM finds out what the evolving business landscape means for HR in contemporary China
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India is not only glowing, it is shining in the region and beyond. The Asian giant’s economic clout is becoming one to be reckoned with, especially due to its vast manpower pool. HRM examines challenges and practices unique to the land of festivals
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China is a hot-bed for foreign companies who want to make their mark in Asia. Yet, MNCs are losing favour as employers of choice, with more graduates being lured away by state-owned companies. HRM examines the unique HR challenges in this burgeoning talent market
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As one of the largest countries in Europe, making up one-fifth of the continent's total population and ranking as the sixth largest economy in the world, France is steadily advancing on the back of a usually strong economy.
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Today, most of the Gulf States are implementing a workforce nationalisation policy, whereby organisations (both in the public and private sectors) are encouraged to reserve some positions for nationals, or at least give preference to nationals in the hiring process.
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Few countries in history have experienced, in less than four decades, such a huge shift in income and development comparable to that of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the last part of the twentieth century.
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Sweden's long-successful economic formula of high-tech capitalism and extensive welfare benefits was challenged in the 1990s by high unemployment, and in 2000-02 by the global economic downturn. However, fiscal discipline over the past several years has allowed the country to weather economic vagaries.
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The Indonesian economy has certainly been a rollercoaster of highs and lows over the past three decades, with continued political instability and the devastation of the East Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 being just two of the clouds over the country's development.
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