Singapore - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

Singapore and Shanghai as similar and close. But, when you get near the functions, you begin to understand the differences and to appreciate the challenge of coordinating and integrating them for improved operating performance and... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro

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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

doesn't teach you knowledge or prescribe to any cookie-cutter solutions to problems. Rather, it teaches you how to think about business problems and arrive at a solution yourself." Sichao Ni Commercial Attaché, U.S. Embassy Singapore at... View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

Philip L. Yeo: The Next Big Thing

To understand the remarkable success of the tiny island city-state of Singapore (250 square miles, 4.1 million people, annual per capita income $24,150), one really need look no farther than Philip Yeo, one of the republic's true... View Details

Keywords: Government

19 Sep 2016
News

A Fresh Approach to Urban Farming

As CEO and cofounder of Comcrop, Niyati Gupta (MBA 2011) is helping local urban farmers in Singapore grow fresh, healthy produce using rooftop gardens that blend the techniques of aquaculture and hydroponics. In this interview, she talks... View Details

08 Jun 2011
News

George Yeo: A Matter of Degrees

Singapore government, for its part, thought that was a good move too, but felt that Yeo could best serve his country by earning a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School, not an MBA from HBS. “Oh, there... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment

research, the relationship that exists between FDI and local entrepreneurship in Asia may be one important reason why certain Asian countries developed differently from others, despite surface similarities. This angle on FDI may offer a window into why View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Reflecting and Digesting

have definitely not digested the idea that I will be working in Singapore for the summer. I have the next 23 hours to do so, so let’s get started with some inspiration. How was my first year? I came to HBS with very little expectations of... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail

06 Jul 2017
News

Leadership on a Global Scale

When the inaugural West Point All-Academies Asia Summit opened in Singapore in June 2015, Ray Jefferson (MBA 2000) celebrated a personal moment of triumph. For the Summit’s point person, this first-ever gathering in Asia for graduates of... View Details

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IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub - Course Catalog

Innovation. We will also examine the role of Singapore in the evolving geopolitical environment. We will spend time on the various ways in which the Singapore Government has helped create the infrastructure,... View Details

01 Jan 2006
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Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976

Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology & Research Former Chairman, Singapore Economic Development Board Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION University of Toronto, 1970 BASc., Industrial Engineering... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Summing Up the New Students

Ave. that it sunk in.” Levana Sani Jakarta, Indonesia CV: Research officer, Genome Institute of Singapore “My background is in biochemistry, so I took the HBX CORe course over the summer to build my finance skills. I imagined myself... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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HBS Engagement Across the Region - Global Activities 2020

since, the School has added the Harvard Center Shanghai and a research office in Singapore to more broadly support activities in the Asia-Pacific region. These include case research, events for alumni and other thought leaders,... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

Leng Lim: The Spiritual Face of Business

As an MBA student, Leng Lim (MBA 2001) found his motives and goals were questioned more than most. “People say, ‘You’re a priest? You’ve abandoned God for money?’ My response is, ‘Why is it OK for you to make money, but not OK for me to make money?’” he laughs. Lim, a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

27 Oct 2016
News

Pathfinder

of the more successful companies in the world,” Lesser told The Business Times of Singapore in a wide-ranging conversation that touches on the firm’s five decades of double-digit growth and evolution into digital solutions. Clients, he... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Global Perspectives

Understanding Southeast Asia’s New Business Frontier From cosmopolitan Bangkok and Singapore to the Sumatran rainforest, participants in the June 2017 HBS faculty immersion explored the diverse industries of Southeast Asia. “This region... View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

HBS Hosts Chinese Educators

top business schools in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore participated. Since early 2005, more than 216 business educators, including 37 deans and associate deans from China's top twenty business schools, have completed the program.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

03 Dec 2019
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Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring

event. People really love it.” Since Building Bridges started, Gupta says there’s some evidence that more alumni who have attended dinners are starting to engage more often in other events as well. Singapore Alumni Give Back Through... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2020
News

A New Approach to Contact Tracing

was then, and is now, a matter of using personal data to secure public health. That raises both its promise and its perils, and the leadership task is to navigate the balance.” —PROFESSOR MITCHELL WEISS As COVID-19 was sweeping the globe in January 2020, public health... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Government

23 Aug 2018
News

Healthcare Alumni Keep Learning Through Virtual Programming

the HBS Healthcare Alumni Association at hbshealthalumni.org/join. Additionally, registration for the HBSHAA Annual Conference in November is now open. Visit www.hbshealthalumni.org/2018Registration for more information and to register. View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Health, Social Assistance