Established in 2015 in collaboration with MIT Sloan Management, our vision is to be a global knowledge hub, with regional insights from Asia and the emerging world.
ASB’s research centers conduct impactful research in emerging markets, business strategies, technology, and sustainability. Together, they foster innovation in the business landscape.
The ASB curriculum seamlessly integrates MIT Sloan’s rigor with the strategic insights of Asia. With MIT Sloan Immersion and Industry Treks, it immerses future leaders in a diverse range of industries.
ASB has launched Agile Continuous Education (ACE), a granular set of hybrid courses that are designed to keep professionals at the forefront of their fields.
ASB provides executive education programs covering corporate governance, general management, and finance, including the mandatory Financial Institutions Directors’ Education (FIDE) programs.
ASB excels through dynamic collaborations, addressing business challenges with innovation, built on robust partnerships.
From a trading post in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, buying and selling rice, sugar and wheat flour, the Kuok family – behind the internationally renowned Shangri-La Hotel chain – has built up an empire that spreads across five continents today. No longer merely a trader, the family does business in the property, hospitality, logistics, and maritime […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asia School of Business (ASB) was announced as the 2019 Innovator Award winner in the Early Stage Innovation category by the MBA Roundtable. The award recognizes the school’s leadership in initiating and achieving curricular reform through its use of Action Learning in its MBA Programs, beating top business schools in the process. […]
I run a technology company, managing a team of 8 people. We focus on developing mobility technology solutions such as fleet management for commercial trucks and e-scooters for security guards. Before I joined ASB, I was concerned about how the time away would impact my business. Is it worth earning an MBA and spending 20 […]
Singapore-based unicorn startup Grab recently announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft. For tech giants like Microsoft, Southeast Asia’s rapid tech growth presents an exciting opportunity for expansion. Roughly 51% of the region’s population are active internet users. Southeast Asia boasts a tech economy currently worth $50 billion, which is expected to increase fourfold by 2025. […]
This summer, instead of choosing to be stuck in an office, I decided to develop a business plan for an eco-sustainable lodge for surfers on one of the islands in the Philippines. Asia School of Business (ASB) allows us to customize our Summer Associate Program experience. Depending on our career goals, we can choose to […]
Meiyume, a global beauty solutions company headquartered in Hong Kong, was the host of my Summer Associate Program (SAP) project. The China plant where I was based manufactures beauty products such as blush, eye shadow, lipstick, lotion, shampoo, and shower gel. Over the years, the sales team have worked to create “sticky” relationships with their […]
Retraining and switching careers, once seen as impractical or even unthinkable, has become common practice for millennials. A study by LinkedIn showed that those who graduated between 2006 and 2010 had, on average, 2.85 jobs in the five years after college. For many applicants, an MBA is an opportunity to discover a new path on […]
Between juggling back-to-back classes, participating in extracurricular activities and navigating professional pursuits, it is unsurprising that MBA students sometimes feel overwhelmed by their ever-expanding to-do list. How should MBA students think about maximizing their experience within and beyond the classroom? “No matter what your career aspirations are, you should begin by thinking carefully about why […]
ASB students have many choices when it comes to how we spend the summer between our first and second years. Our Summer Associate Program is a lot like a regular MBA internship, but also includes an Action Learning project component and can take place anywhere in the world. And for those who don’t want to […]