Business schools in Asia should adopt a “local lens” and quit trying to replicate what their peers in the West do, according to the leader of an institution forged by a partnership between a bank and top US university. Joseph Cherian, who assumed the role of chief executive and dean of the Asia School of Business (ASB) in Kuala Lumpur last year, said business schools “are shooting themselves in the foot” by failing to adapt to a changing world, and must modernise and transform their curricula and teaching for the digital age.