Learning about doing business in a frontier market

NUS Business School Blog

Learning about doing business in a frontier market

By Tina Sim

http://outside-in.nus.edu/learning-about-doing-business-in-a-frontier-market/

“It’s a trip that is only possible due to the NUS MBA’s prestigious reputation around the world,” says Sean Bellamy who was part of a 14-member group from NUS Business School which visited Myanmar in September 2015 as part of the Myanmar Global Immersion Programme.

Make Vancouver more fun: end the 11pm patio ban

Vancouver Observer

Make Vancouver more fun: end the 11pm patio ban

By Sean McNulty

http://www.vancouverobserver.com/opinion/make-vancouver-more-fun-end-11pm-patio-ban

Vancouver only enjoys 4 months a year with average temperatures above 15 degrees Celsius.  These 4 months are comprised of 122 days, of which 36 days experience some rain, leaving 86 days out of 365 for residents to enjoy patios on warm, rain free evenings. Logic would suggest that the bylaws would seek to maximize the resident’s ability to enjoy these evenings, but unfortunately they do not.

Opinion: Vancouverites would welcome an end to the taxi cartel

Vancouver Sun

Opinion: Vancouverites would welcome an end to the taxi cartel

By Sean Bellamy McNulty

http://www.vancouversun.com/Opinion+Vancouverites+would+welcome+taxi+cartel/7624423/story.html

On a recent cab ride home from the airport, I got into a discussion with the cab driver, Gene, about why the taxi service was so poor in Vancouver, especially on the weekends. Having just moved back from Hong Kong, where cabs were plentiful, I was amazed at how difficult it was to catch a cab on Friday and Saturday nights in downtown Vancouver. It could literally take hours, especially during peak times when night clubs closed. This issue had even been the subject of a recent Huffington Post article titled Welcome To Vancouver: No Fun City.