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28 April 2021

Empowering central banks for a changing world

The growing mandate of central banks The complexity of the world has changed the role of central banks. In many countries, central bank mandates have evolved from simply keeping prices stable and limiting inflation – to far-reaching dictates, such as economic growth, job creation, and even influencing climate change. “As the role of the central […]

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28 April 2021

Key skills for a successful digital transformation

In the last of three articles, Prof. Loredana Padurean, Asia School of Business, lists the smart and sharp skills for successful digital transformation. Smart skills are the skills required to work with people, sharp skills are required to work with machines. And one might ask, don’t we already call these skills ‘soft’ and ‘hard’? Yes, […]

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23 April 2021

Culture is key reason digital transformation fails

In the second of three articles, Prof. Padurean at Asia School of Business explains why digital transformation is easy, people transformation is not Simply put, much about digital transformation is primarily about people. Unfortunately, more than 70% of enterprises fail to create any value from their digital transformation efforts, but what is interesting is that […]

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20 April 2021

Making international law part of your global strategy

In today’s world, every business has the potential to be a global business. But do leaders know enough about the legal and regulatory complexities of operating in the global marketplace? How can they guard against international legal risk? And how can they unlock untapped international potential? We speak with Kevin Crow, Assistant Professor of International […]

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8 April 2021

Meet the MBA-working professionals: Entrepreneur Matthew Roman

Vasavah founder and CEO Matthew Roman, from the Class of 2022 for Working Professionals (MBA-WP), speaks to us about his journey of becoming an entrepreneur, the challenges he’s faced along the way, and advice he would give to people with a similar entrepreneurial path. Scaling A Global Startup with an MBA “At the end of […]

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26 March 2021

Poised for leadership: How women can thrive at the workplace

It’s no small feat for any woman to hold a position in a competitive, corporate environment. Even as workplaces continue to incorporate more gender diversity in their hiring – women still face down glaring odds when it comes to securing leadership or management roles. The Fortune 500 list of companies see only 8% of women […]

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22 March 2021

Emerging leadership during times of crisis and change

“Knowing about leadership and actually leading are two different things,” says Muhammad Sabri Rawi, whose battle-tested experience in the corporate world with a global energy company eventually led him to hone in on his passion for developing people. Today, he teaches a range of leadership courses with the Iclif Executive Education Center at Asia School […]

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19 March 2021

How to balance purpose and ambition to craft a career with meaning

Recently, students at the ASB MBA program had the privilege to have a virtual coffee chat with Tomohiro Hamakawa (or Tomo, in short), Co-Founder of two social enterprises – Mana Earthly Paradise and Earth Company – to talk about what inspired him to pursue a path in sustainability. Eng Vin Shern, from the MBA for […]

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9 March 2021

The changing face of corporate governance in an uncertain world

While it was the accounting scandals of 2001 to 2002 that gave prominence to corporate governance, the function remains as important as ever. In light of Covid-19 and the uncertainties it created for companies globally, new themes have emerged for corporate governance. From determining how to best preserve cash to reviewing plans for keeping employees […]

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1 March 2021

Survey: How customer-centric are Malaysian brands?

ASB x Vase.ai Study on Customer Centricity in Malaysia 2021 The world has been in constant turmoil for much of this past year, the first five weeks of 2021 has been a rollercoaster full of unusual events. We’ve developed a deeper sense of empathy toward one another as many of us share similar experiences during […]

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