Volume 10 Issue 2
Published: 7 Jul 2023
The role of the manufacturing executive must be upgraded too.
Would you consider Moderna to be a manufacturing company? Most likely not. But for it to meet the vaccine delivery demands during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Massachusetts-based biotech company must have already forged formidable manufacturing prowess as part of its capabilities. In...
Volume 10 Issue 2
Published: 7 Jul 2023
Rethinking platform businesses in the digital era.
Technological advancements have provided new opportunities for entrepreneurs to view the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) segment as a potential market to offer products and services to marginalised people by creating new drivers of economic growth, improving the welfare of the poor, and making...
Volume 10 Issue 2
Published: 7 Jul 2023
Retaining care workers will become more difficult for Asia’s ageing economies.
Lizalyn never thought she would be the kind of person who actively made migration plans. When the 30-year-old nurse moved from the Philippines to Singapore in 2008, it felt more like a leap of faith. Although she knew nothing about Singapore, Lizalyn had sent in...
Volume 10 Issue 2
Published: 7 Jul 2023
Desmond Lim tried, failed, and finally succeeded with Workstream, an app that helps businesses hire and manage hourly workers.
From running a restaurant on campus while still a double-degree undergraduate student to founding a successful Silicon Valley start-up, Desmond Lim, CEO and co-founder of Workstream, is perhaps the quintessential...
Volume 10 Issue 2
Published: 7 Jul 2023
This calls for greater collaboration.
We began 2022 with much optimism. The spread of COVID-19 seemed on the wane and borders were reopening. Unfortunately, by late February, all bets were off. The war in Ukraine, high inflation, supply chain disruptions, food security, and other challenges meant we had to recalibrate and collaborate to ensure we weather...
