MONASH BUSINESS MALAYSIA
TABLE OF
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LETTERS INSIGHTS
4 From the President & Pro Vice-Chancellor
5 From the Head, School of Business
6 From the Industry Advisory Board Chair
8 From Our Editors
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A YEAR IN REVIEW
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FUTURE CLASSROOMS
Learning Rewired
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
Turning Research Into Change
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
A New Digital Future
PARTNER FOR IMPACT
Empowering SMEs Through Partnership
FEATURES
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A GLOBAL MONASH
BRIEFINGS
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Digital Business Ready Shaping Future Scholars Research What Matters Driving Operational Excellence How We Aced AACSB Beyond the Handshake
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ALL EYES ON ASEAN
A Hotspot of Financial Innovation, Inclusion, and Sustainability
WITH PERSPECTIVES
Shaping ASEAN Finance, Today NG WEI WEI, CEO of UOB Malaysia, BCom‘ 95
WORK STARTS WITH A CAPITAL H
The Power of Human Capital in the Face of Ageing, Automation and, AI
WITH PERSPECTIVES
Key Challenges in the ASEAN Labour Market DR EUNBI SONG, Senior Lecturer
REBOOTING GROWTH
ASEAN’ s Digital Drive Through Data, Tech and, Regulation
WITH PERSPECTIVES
Future-Ready Pharma LEONARD ARIFF ABDUL SHATAR, Group MD of Duopharma, BEcon‘ 85
PRESS START
How Innovation and Entrepreneurship are Igniting ASEAN’ s Startup Engine
WITH PERSPECTIVES
Sweet Lessons From The Startup Life SYED MOHD ILYAS, Co-founder and CEO of Sugar and I, BMechEng‘ 16