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28 September 2021

Conversations on Central Banking: Building Resilience and Policy Frameworks [Webinar Recap]

Asia School of Business, established in 2015 by Bank Negara Malaysia and MIT Sloan School of Management, is a leading school of management focused on challenging conventional thinking and creating change beyond just business. ASB offers an MBA for both regular students and working professionals. The school has also started a Master of Central Banking […]

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27 September 2021

Conversations on Central Banking: Bloated Central Bank Balance Sheets [Webinar Recap]

Asia School of Business, established in 2015 by Bank Negara Malaysia and MIT Sloan School of Management, is a leading school of management focused on challenging conventional thinking and creating change beyond just business. ASB offers an MBA for both regular students and working professionals. The school has also started a Master of Central Banking […]

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20 August 2021

Managing Power Dynamics on Boards

Power dynamics describes how people exert their power either formally or informally, in groups. The former is usually exerted due to a person’s formal position within the hierarchy of the group, while informal power is exerted by persons who have influence over others in the group either due to their skills and experience, the force […]

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18 August 2021

The Update of the MCCG Signals Fresh Focus on Sustainability for Companies

Effective 28 April 2021, the Securities Commission updated the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance (“MCCG”). What does this mean for Malaysian companies? For starters, companies with financial year ending 31 December 2021 will have to report according to the updated practices in the Code. What’s changed and why? One of the key policy considerations for […]

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30 July 2021

Why Mental Health and Wellbeing Matters: Interview with Coaching and Counseling Center at ASB

“I wanted to help other people find meaning, and this inspired me to go into coaching.” Mental and emotional health are some of the least discussed topics in our society today, yet they impact a wide range of people. People who struggle with it are often stigmatized and are left without a supportive environment. At […]

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21 June 2021

Prof Melati Nungsari: “What Can I Do That Helps Solve Problems?”

Prof Melati Nungsari, Assistant Professor of Economics at ASB and International Faculty Fellow at MIT, is a microeconomist who focuses on industrial organization and labor economics. She found herself pursuing topics of income distribution, how people get jobs, and skills matching, by asking herself: “What can I do that helps solve problems?” At ASB, she […]

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10 June 2021

Q&A: Professor Loredana Padurean, Asia School of Business

by Business Chief APAC

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2 June 2021

My MBA + MIT Master’s Made Me a Senior Program Manager at Amazon

Filipino-born Ponce Samaniego isn’t your traditional MBA. After working in social development at the Asian Development Bank, he had more than impressive accolades and salaries on his mind when joining the Asia School of Business (ASB) MBA. “ASB attracts academics, corporate partners, and MBA students from around the world who are motivated by the opportunity to […]

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24 May 2021

First Asean Professor Elected to Prestigious European Society of International Law (ESIL) Committee

Professor Kevin Crow, Assistant Professor of International Law and Ethics, Asia School of Business (ASB) and International Faculty Fellow at MIT Sloan, was elected to the coordinating committee of the European Society of International Law (ESIL)’s Interest Group on International Legal Theory and Philosophy (IGILTP) this May, making him the first business school professor and […]

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3 May 2021

How Can an MBA Prepare You for the Future of Work?

For future business leaders, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a lesson in preparing for uncontrollable situations. Recovery is likely to see many workplaces experiencing change, as well as rapid digitalization. Preparing for this future of work will demand leaders to embrace several important skills and competencies, as well as a renewed emphasis on resilience leadership. […]

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