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Asia-Pacific Business and Education
amidst World Economic Crisis
Organized by…
Thammasat Business School
Thammasat Business School
Professor Edward Rubesch, Ph.D.
IMBA Committee, International MBA,
Thammasat Business School, Thammasat University.
Work Experience:
- Global Entrepreneurship Specialist,
International MBA Thammasat
University.
- Director, Technology Licensing Office
National Science and Technology
Development Agency.
- President, Sequoya Company Limited.
- Vice President, Operations, Lear Seating.
- Plant Manager, Stanley Tools.
- Product Manager, Exergen Corporation.
Expertise: Entrpreneurship, Commercial Strategies.
The “New” Financial Crisis
Challenges and Opportunities
Opportunities from Crisis: The role of Asian
business schools
• We can view things at several levels:
– Individual
– Company
– Policymakers
Opportunities from Crisis: The role of Asian
business schools
• Individual:
– Fear of losing job/career
– Opportunity to re-start, change direction
– Opportunities to reach beyond region
Opportunities from Crisis: The role of Asian
business schools
• Company:
– Strategies to survive
– Opportunities to focus on core expertise
Opportunities from Crisis: The role of Asian
business schools
• Policymakers:
– Provide analysis
– Influence thought
Final Thoughts:
• We need more well-rounded business
leaders.
• The center of business is moving to Asia;
Asian business schools can respond by
taking a leadership position.
• Innovative, non-traditional programs can
break the “brand-name” barrier.
Final Thoughts
• Business schools need to figure out their
relevance to business.
• Business schools should recognize that
they are providing professional training,
not an academic education:
– Engineering is a better analogue than
science.
National University of Singapore
Professor Kulwant Singh,
Ph.D.
Deputy Dean of the NUS Business School
Work Experience:
- Chief Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of
Management.
- Interim Dean and Vice Dean of the NUS
Business School.
- Head of the Departments of Business Policy,
and Management and Organization.
Expertise: Business strategy and competition
in rapidly changing environments.
The University of New South Wales
Professor Paul G. Patterson, Ph.D.
Head of the School of Marketing,
University of New South Wales.
Work Experience:
- Director of the PhD. program in Marketing.
- Prior to joining academia, held management
and marketing positions in the banking,
telecommunications, marketing research,
and public sectors, and later with an
international management consultancy
firm.
Expertise: Marketing issues in service industries.
KAIST Business School
Professor Ji Soo Kim, Ph.D.
Chair Professor of the Globalization Committee,
KAIST Business School
Work Experience:
- Hewlett - Packard Company Researcher,
1989 - 1990.
- KAIST graduate school of management,
professor, 1986 – currently.
- KAIST economic analysis department, senior
researcher, 1984 -1986.
Expertise: Engineering Economy, Technology
Evaluation of Start-ups.