Tag: indonesia
Indofood: Indonesia’s Total Food Solution Company
Imagine operating a recession-resistant company. Imagine operating a recession-resistant company, specializing in food, during the global food crisis. Imagine specializing in food and expanding during a crisis. As the world faces the challenges of food security, one company is successfully finding global opportunities; it is Indonesia’s largest food producer– Indofood. Indofood business group is today [...]
Corruption in Muslim Markets – Special Report
In this special report, we look at Corruption in the mostly Muslim majority 57 Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) countries. We focus specifically on the business community, its common corrupt practices or environment, and opportunities of curbing its cancerous effects.
Islamic Microfinance Award Highlights Successes
Al Amal Microfinance Bank of Yemen (AMB) clinched the Islamic Microfinance Award 2010 (held in February 2011), walking away with a grant worth USD104,000 for its idea to launch an Islamic leasing facility, something new in the micro financing sector. Micro financing serves to meet the needs of 2.7 billion people who have no access, [...]
Top 100 Companies of the Muslim World: 2010 DS100 Ranking
See the full DS100™ list. The 2010 DS100 ranking, which is based on companies’ fiscal year ended on or before June 2010, fully captures the impact of the 2008/2009 global financial crisis.
2010 DS100 Summary: Companies Absorb Financial Crisis Shock
The 7th Annual DS100 continues to benchmark the corporate environment of the 57 OIC (Organization of Islamic Conference) member countries.
Leadership Development Challenges For The Ummah
With the global economy in turmoil and facing a sustained period of uncertainty – and with trust in institutions, regulators and companies under acute pressure – a fresh focus is emerging on governance and leadership. Simultaneously, how individuals respond will become key as uncertainty and volatility look set to become more commonplace. Furthermore, actions will [...]
Missing Link in Islamic Finance Hubs: Islamic Venture Capital
The Islamic world profiled modalities of capitalism in 8th/9th century, but today’s Muslim country Islamic finance hubs are missing two vital aspects: addressing ‘have nots’ (micro-finance), and deploying the funds of ‘haves’ into Islamic VC funds. My focus in this article is on the latter–interplay between risk capital and innovative ideas for strategic localised benefit. [...]
Business Innovation Center (BIC) showcases Indonesia’s Top 100 Innovations
Business innovation has had a lot of buzz created in the last few years. The difficulty with innovation is that we all have an intuitive understanding of the topic and we aspire to be innovative, but struggle to make it real and tangible. This challenge is further complicated when we see “others,” – companies, communities [...]
Consumer Brands of the Top 100 Companies in the Muslim World (2007)
This report showcases a selection of the most prominent consumer facing brands of the 2007 Top 100 Companies in the Muslim World. (Please view the latest 2010 report here) A variety of prominent global brand value rankings have repeatedly shown the tremendous sustainable income brands deliver. For example, InterBrand, which evaluates brands much like analysts [...]
