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Does Elite Quality Matter?, Alwyn Lim Nov 2023

Does Elite Quality Matter?, Alwyn Lim

Asian Management Insights

Yes, it can make or break a society. Elites are an inevitability in society. In recent years, emerging populist movements across different countries have highlighted stark problems with growing.


Where The World Is Heading In 2023 And Beyond, Simon Baptist Jul 2023

Where The World Is Heading In 2023 And Beyond, Simon Baptist

Asian Management Insights

The global economy is showing resilience, despite strong headwinds. Geopolitical uncertainty remains high, while the mounting threats from climate change call for more urgent global action.


Navigating Investor Expectations, Yong Hsin Ning, Yvette Lim Jul 2023

Navigating Investor Expectations, Yong Hsin Ning, Yvette Lim

Asian Management Insights

Why start-ups need to speak the language of numbers.


Real Estate Assets: To Build Or Not To Build?, Chaik Ming Koh Mar 2023

Real Estate Assets: To Build Or Not To Build?, Chaik Ming Koh

Asian Management Insights

It’s about when, not whether.


Robowealth: Boosting Financial Inclusion In Thailand, Chiraphol N. Chiyachantana, David K. Ding, Pattarawan Mai Prasarnphanich, Chi Wei Chan Mar 2023

Robowealth: Boosting Financial Inclusion In Thailand, Chiraphol N. Chiyachantana, David K. Ding, Pattarawan Mai Prasarnphanich, Chi Wei Chan

Asian Management Insights

Advanced fintech lowers barriers to investing.


Encouraging Social Entrepreneurship, Kanyaporn Skutalakul Oct 2022

Encouraging Social Entrepreneurship, Kanyaporn Skutalakul

Asian Management Insights

It’s about taking the first steps.


Managing Covid And Complexities In Myanmar, Serge Pun, Chin Tiong Tan Nov 2021

Managing Covid And Complexities In Myanmar, Serge Pun, Chin Tiong Tan

Asian Management Insights

Serge Pun, Executive Chairman, Yoma Strategic Holdings and First Myanmar Investment, talks with Tan Chin Tiong about the opportunities and challenges of doing business in Myanmar.


Navigating The Pandemic As It Enters Its Second Year, Havovi Joshi Nov 2021

Navigating The Pandemic As It Enters Its Second Year, Havovi Joshi

Asian Management Insights

Many countries, enabled by the rapid vaccine rollout, experienced some moments of relief from the Covid-19 pandemic as they embarked on their long and winding transition toward normalcy. However, despite the Herculean effort expended, achieving herd immunity remains a distant goal for many due to the emergence of the highly transmissible and lethal Delta variant and the persistence of vaccine hesitancy. As such, the coronavirus continues to upend lives, businesses, and society, and the playbook for survival will still be a work-in-progress


Technology And Sustainability: The New Business Playing Field, Havovi Joshi May 2021

Technology And Sustainability: The New Business Playing Field, Havovi Joshi

Asian Management Insights

Two topics that have consistently cropped up in conversations among business leaders during the pandemic are technology, in the context of the pervasiveness and quickening pace of digital transformation, and sustainability, especially how we should be doing business without harming the environment and society. The collective belief is that both topics will continue to rise on the world’s agenda, reshaping entire industries while creating new ones. They have changed the way of doing business. So what does the new playbook look like?


The Dorian Gray Phenomenon In Financial Markets, Ajay Makhija Nov 2020

The Dorian Gray Phenomenon In Financial Markets, Ajay Makhija

Asian Management Insights

Looking at the current state of the global economy and the extent of financial market hedonism through the lens of Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray”.


When Crises Happen: Coronavirus And What We Expect For Global Growth, Waqas Adenwala Jun 2020

When Crises Happen: Coronavirus And What We Expect For Global Growth, Waqas Adenwala

Asian Management Insights

An unflinching take on the negative effects on growth from both demand and supply channels.


Consumption, Investment, Integration And Digitalisation Lead Growth In Asia, Piyush Gupta, Havovi Heerjee Joshi Jun 2020

Consumption, Investment, Integration And Digitalisation Lead Growth In Asia, Piyush Gupta, Havovi Heerjee Joshi

Asian Management Insights

An interview with Piyush Gupta, Chief Executive Officer and Director of DBS Group, about the Asia growth story and the future of banking.


Kick-Starting Economic Growth: An Interview With Dr K. V. Subramanian, India's Chief Economic Advisor, K V Subramanian, Havovi Joshi Nov 2019

Kick-Starting Economic Growth: An Interview With Dr K. V. Subramanian, India's Chief Economic Advisor, K V Subramanian, Havovi Joshi

Asian Management Insights

Dr K. V. Subramanian emphasises the importance of higher investment rates, good quality loans, and structural reforms for boosting India’s economic growth.


Irrational Exuberance: Panic Rooms And Flutters In Financial Markets, Vijay Fafat Nov 2019

Irrational Exuberance: Panic Rooms And Flutters In Financial Markets, Vijay Fafat

Asian Management Insights

As the memory of the 2008 financial crash fades, there are cautionary thoughts on why we tend to overshoot in our optimism, and why even genius comes to grief in the face of capricious, mercurial capital markets.


A Better Economy By "Design", Lawrence Chong May 2019

A Better Economy By "Design", Lawrence Chong

Asian Management Insights

The air was still, and I was going nowhere with the session until I asked the participants about their kids instead of talking more about the bank. The conversations soon turned chirpy as the mothers in the group spoke over one another, sharing their hearts out about their children and their hopes for them. I felt I had unlocked something new, even though this should have been obvious as this is a very family-oriented country. This experience was part of our transformation project for a Southeast Asian bank that would reshape its digital, brand and customer engagement strategy through a …


Future For Children In Indonesia: On Walking Out Of Poverty, Jonathan Chang, Christopher Dula May 2018

Future For Children In Indonesia: On Walking Out Of Poverty, Jonathan Chang, Christopher Dula

Asian Management Insights

A social enterprise project that has brought income and dignity to a remote community in Indonesia.


Productivity Redesigned, Joergen Oerstroem Moeller May 2018

Productivity Redesigned, Joergen Oerstroem Moeller

Asian Management Insights

Looking at productivity, not just of the plant, but of society as a whole.


Public-Private Partnerships: The Pro-Poor Gap Evaluation, Tung Nhu Nguyen May 2018

Public-Private Partnerships: The Pro-Poor Gap Evaluation, Tung Nhu Nguyen

Asian Management Insights

Improving the future design and implementation of public-private partnerships.


Global Economic Outlook: An Interview With The Global Chief Economist Of The Economist Intelligence Unit, Simon Baptist, Simon Baptist, Alvin Lee May 2018

Global Economic Outlook: An Interview With The Global Chief Economist Of The Economist Intelligence Unit, Simon Baptist, Simon Baptist, Alvin Lee

Asian Management Insights

Global Chief Economist of The Economist Intelligence Unit, Simon Baptist, discusses trends that are likely to shape the future global economic outlook, in this interview with Alvin Lee.


The Sustainability Edge: Driving Top-Line Growth With Triple-Bottom-Line Thinking, Jagdish Sheth, Suhas Apte Nov 2017

The Sustainability Edge: Driving Top-Line Growth With Triple-Bottom-Line Thinking, Jagdish Sheth, Suhas Apte

Asian Management Insights

How to drive top-line growth with triple-bottom-line thinking.


A New Toolkit For Thailand 4.0, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Philip Charles Zerrillo Nov 2017

A New Toolkit For Thailand 4.0, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Philip Charles Zerrillo

Asian Management Insights

The Prime Minister of Thailand from 2008 to 2011 and the current leader of the Democrat Party, Abhisit Vejjajiva, addresses the challenges facing the Thai economy today, in this interview with Philip Zerrillo.


The Revival Of The Philippine Economy, Cesar V. Purisima, Philip Charles Zerrillo May 2017

The Revival Of The Philippine Economy, Cesar V. Purisima, Philip Charles Zerrillo

Asian Management Insights

The former Secretary of Finance for the Philippines and Chair of the Economic Development Cluster from 2010 to 2016, Cesar V. Purisima, talks about the turning around of the Philippine economy and restoring investor confidence, in this interview with Philip Zerrillo.


Harnessing The Youth Bulge, Sarah Harper May 2017

Harnessing The Youth Bulge, Sarah Harper

Asian Management Insights

How Asia can take advantage of its changing age composition.


Vietnam's Economic Transformation: Embracing Change, Vu Khoan, Philip Charles Zerrillo Nov 2016

Vietnam's Economic Transformation: Embracing Change, Vu Khoan, Philip Charles Zerrillo

Asian Management Insights

The former Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam from 2002 to 2006, Mr Vu Khoan, talks about the transformation of the country from economic isolationism to its current economic strength, in this interview with Philip Zerrillo.


The New Dragon Dance, Sarita Mathur Nov 2016

The New Dragon Dance, Sarita Mathur

Asian Management Insights

Is China moving to a new normal?


Smarter Banking: Blockchain Technology In The Indian Banking System, Suparna Dhar, Indranil Bose Nov 2016

Smarter Banking: Blockchain Technology In The Indian Banking System, Suparna Dhar, Indranil Bose

Asian Management Insights

Indian banks are currently experiencing poor performance when it comes to debt risk. Burdened with high non-performing loans (NPL), they are putting at risk the funds of investors as well as India’s industrial and economic growth. In addition, the loan management process itself is riddled with inefficiencies. To overcome them, we propose to use blockchain technology.


Asean's Digital Economy, Naveen Menon Nov 2016

Asean's Digital Economy, Naveen Menon

Asian Management Insights

Transforming industries, enriching lives and propelling progress.


Connecting India, Sam Pitroda Nov 2016

Connecting India, Sam Pitroda

Asian Management Insights

Great inventions will not be born in the absence of the will and intent to embrace change and solve wideranging societal problems.


Education And Leadership: Indispensable For Nigeria's Economic Development, Olusegun Obasanjo, Philip Charles Zerrillo May 2016

Education And Leadership: Indispensable For Nigeria's Economic Development, Olusegun Obasanjo, Philip Charles Zerrillo

Asian Management Insights

The former President of Nigeria (1999 to 2007), Olusegun Obasanjo, talks about the nation’s evolving transformation in this interview with Philip Zerrillo.


The Trans-Pacific Partnership And Vietnam, Duong Nhu Hung, Tran Quang Dang May 2016

The Trans-Pacific Partnership And Vietnam, Duong Nhu Hung, Tran Quang Dang

Asian Management Insights

Opening up a bold new world for Vietnam’s trade and industry may not be so easy.