Volume 09 Issue 2
Published: 20 Oct 2022
A new perspective on China’s consumer population.
There are high hopes for China’s middle class. Thanks to their rising disposable income, this group of Chinese is expected to unleash a consumer revolution in the domestic market. However, I argue that the ‘middle class’ as a concept provides at best a partial understanding of the Chinese consumer...
Volume 09 Issue 2
Published: 20 Oct 2022
Key ingredients to facilitate the acquisition.
Is entrepreneurship a mysterious gift, a burst of random inspiration, or just sheer individual genius at work? Is it a genetic trait that is replicable, that is passed down from one generation to another? Or is it something else altogether, like a skill that can be taught?
Such questions abound and have been subject to...
Volume 09 Issue 2
Published: 20 Oct 2022
Gibran Huzaifah, founder and CEO of eFishery, speaks about his entrepreneurial journey in the aquaculture space.
It was an anecdote from a biology professor concerning the promising prospects of catfish farming that put Gibran, an aquaculture science graduate, on the path of becoming the founder and CEO of eFishery. eFishery is an agricultural tech start-up that provides...
Volume 09 Issue 2
Published: 20 Oct 2022
A festering issue.
"This may not come as a surprise to many–the world is on a trajectory where waste generation will drastically outpace population growth by more than double by 2050.” With this stark warning, the 2018 World Bank solid waste management report continued, “Without urgent action, global waste will increase by 70 percent from current levels by...
Volume 09 Issue 2
Published: 20 Oct 2022
Leadership lessons from Singapore’s pioneer civil servants.
He was the understated Undercover Boss, way before the American reality series even hit TV screens. At 30,000 feet up in the air, J. Y. Pillay was quietly walking the ground.
The founding chairman of Singapore Airlines (SIA) had an intriguing reputation for posing as a regular passenger walking the...
