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Continuing updates on the accreditation of two National Productivity Organization (NPO)-guided certification bodies (CBs) in September 2021, the Malaysia Productivity Corporation Certification Body (MPC-CB) and Vietnam [Read More]
The Technical Cooperation Program for COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery under a special cash grant from the Government of Japan took off in earnest in Vietnam’s central province [Read More]
In 2019, the APO published a research report on the status of digitization strategies for SMEs in member countries and their readiness to embrace the Fourth [Read More]
The accelerating adoption of digital technologies provides opportunities for economic and social gains. This P-Talk by Professor Steve W.R. Burdon, University of Technology Sydney, explains current [Read More]
“Fortune befriends the bold.” That line from 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson reflects aptly the APO’s venture in promoting certification and accreditation schemes after three [Read More]
This P-Talk discusses how social resilience can create productive, sustainable societies. In addition to sharing cases on local communities’ responses to environmental and resource crises, the [Read More]
This P-talk highlights the importance of structural change process in economic development. Dr. Seema Joshi discusses the role of human capital and the contribution of labor [Read More]
This P-Talk highlights how business application platforms can use resources more efficiently and generate value through network effects. When new users access a platform, they create [Read More]
Local government in Japan provides support to SMEs to cope with the pandemic and sustain productivity. In this P-Talk, Takayuki Hirabayashi, Director General of Commerce, Industry, [Read More]
This P-Talk focuses on opportunities, challenges, and risks of not undertaking digital transformation, along with underlying barriers for SMEs. It covers recent trends in SME digital [Read More]