S.M.A.R.T Entrepreneurship Club

S.M.A.R.T Entrepreneurship Program Module 1: Scale

This immersive and experiential module is designed to equip business owners and executives with an in-depth understanding and analysis of Internationalisation concepts, strategic business challenges and growth opportunities in the dynamic and complex business environment in Asia.

Dates: 19, 20, 26, 27 April 2024
(Consultation: 30 April 2024, AM Half day | Presentation: 8 May 2024, PM Half day)
Location: Singapore

Who Should Attend
  • Business owners & senior management who seek to strategically scale their existing businesses in Asia
  • Entrepreneurs who seek to scale their businesses in Asia
  • Business owners & entrepreneurs who seek to think strategically on growth opportunities in Asia
Prerequisites
  • At least 3 years of business management experience
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Programme Details

This immersive and experiential module is designed to equip business owners and executives with an in-depth understanding and analysis of Internationalisation concepts, strategic business challenges and growth opportunities in the dynamic and complex business environment in Asia. Leading tech titans from the US and China have located their Regional Headquarters (RHQs) in Singapore to compete in Southeast Asia region.

Programme Outline

Learning Objectives

How can Singapore business leaders and executives strategically scale their businesses successfully in an increasingly competitive and complex digital economy in Asia?

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, participants should be able to / can expect to:

  1. Demonstrate a deep understanding of the key concepts in Internationalisation and best practices
  2. Identify and analyse potential strategic business opportunities in Asia
  3. Create an innovative and pragmatic internationalisation strategy for a key overseas market

How can Singapore business leaders and executives strategically scale their businesses successfully in an increasingly competitive and complex digital economy in Asia?

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, participants should be able to / can expect to:

  1. Demonstrate a deep understanding of the key concepts in Internationalisation and best practices
  2. Identify and analyse potential strategic business opportunities in Asia
  3. Create an innovative and pragmatic internationalisation strategy for a key overseas market
Day 1
  • Leading Internationalisation in Asia (Framework, case studies) 
  • Internationalisation in Asia
  • Breadtalk's Internationalisation Story - Expert sharing by Dr George Quek, Founder & Chairman of BreadTalk Group
  • Leading Internationalisation in Asia (Framework, case studies) 
  • Internationalisation in Asia
  • Breadtalk's Internationalisation Story - Expert sharing by Dr George Quek, Founder & Chairman of BreadTalk Group
Day 2
  • Digital Economy in China: Challenges & Opportunities - Keynote by Alibaba Group
  • Succeeding in China - Expert sharing by Lennon Tan of ADERA Global Group
  • Digital Economy in China: Challenges & Opportunities - Keynote by Alibaba Group
  • Succeeding in China - Expert sharing by Lennon Tan of ADERA Global Group
Day 3
  • New Retail in China - Expert sharing by Alibaba Group
  • Key Trends & Opportunities in China - Expert sharing by Partner, KPMG China
  • New Retail in China - Expert sharing by Alibaba Group
  • Key Trends & Opportunities in China - Expert sharing by Partner, KPMG China
Day 4
  • Scaling Businesses in Southeast Asia (Framework, case studies)
  • Scaling Businesses in Southeast Asia (Framework, case studies)
Day 5
  • Project Presentation
  • Project Presentation
Assessment

To assess understanding, learners will go through a combination of formative and summative assessments including a group project and presentation.

To assess understanding, learners will go through a combination of formative and summative assessments including a group project and presentation.

Chin Min Han Andrew
Instructor, SUTD Academy

With close to 25 years of experience in education and publishing industry in Asia, Andrew Chin's multi-sector career has enabled him to experience the full spectrum of the education ecosystem in his roles as a Singapore EDB officer handling the World-Class University portfolio and the Specialist Information & Publishing Industry portfolio, Chief Representative & Country Manager (China) at Thomson Learning (Fortune 500 company), Cofounder & CEO for an early childhood education business, and Business Development Director (Universities) at Sodexo Group (Fortune 500 company) for Asia Pacific region.

After working 10 years in Beijing, China, Andrew returned to Singapore to work closely with the top leadership at Singapore Management University (SMU) on SMU China & East Asia Initiatives in Sept 2012. He is currently Program Director of SMU Executive Certificate in China Business, and Program Director of SMU Internationalisation Series. He teaches as an Adjunct Faculty of Strategy & Organization at SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business since Jan 2017. He teaches undergraduate courses, Masters courses and Executive Education courses effectively in English and Chinese.

Andrew Chin graduated from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China with a Tsinghua-MIT Sloan International Masters of Business Administration degree under the Singapore Government’s Asian Business Fellows (ABF) Scholarship Program. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration with Second Class (Upper) Honours degree from National University of Singapore.

With Singapore Management University (SMU)'s nomination, Andrew is recognized as a Specialist Adult Educator (Curriculum Development) under the Adult Education Professionalization (AEP) initiative, a national level initiative under Singapore’s SkillsFuture.

S.M.A.R.T Entrepreneurship Program Module 1: Scale

$5,995.00
( / )
Free

Dates: 19, 20, 26, 27 April 2024
(Consultation: 30 April 2024, AM Half day | Presentation: 8 May 2024, PM Half day)

Location: Singapore

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