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25 May 2016
The Modern Montessori International chain of preschool education centres expanded into 15 countries within 20 years via franchising. Its owner shares the sometimes painful lessons learnt Modern...
25 May 2016
Law, Business, Social Sciences & Humanities
Indonesia’s first directly elected president is proud of successes despite falling short on some promises On 20 October, 2004 when Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia’s sixth president...
25 May 2016
Mismanagement of the brand led to a lost generation of customers but modernisation efforts have set the leaping tiger on the path to growth and profits Singapore-based Haw Par Corporation, which...
28 Apr 2016
Putting people before profits is more important than accumulating ever-increasing amounts of possession On Bob Moore’s 81st birthday in 2010, the entrepreneur and his three partners signed off on an...
28 Apr 2016
Law, Business, Social Sciences & Humanities
A single-minded focus of being the best drove and defined the former boss of MediaCorp Raintree Pictures During last year’s mid-autumn festival (中秋节), a day when ethnic Chinese worldwide celebrate...
28 Apr 2016
Financial Markets and Institutions
Lawrence Yong started out trying to meet the needs of underserved SMEs, and now even listed companies are using MoolahSense Eyebrows were raised when Epicentre Holdings Limited, a reseller of Apple...
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