Education Level: MBA Programmes

The rate of student startups that are seen being able to make the grade has been extremely low in Hong Kong and China. That is why educators believe in significance of offering enterprise startup education to students. Prof. Wilton Chau thinks that proper training can lift the success rate remarkably and “help students understand the reasons when they fail”.

On Wednesday 11 May 2016, over 120 MBA alumni and students gathered at Azure Restaurant and Slash Bar at Hotel LKF by Rhombus for a happy hour event.

In the interview with Sing Tao Daily News, new Associate Dean (Graduate Programmes) and Director of MBA Programmes Stephanie Villemagne shared her visions to push for an increase of intake of MBA students from outside of Asia, the impending launch of a pre-experience master’s in management in 2018 and some of the differences she has observed between MBA study in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Current MBA student Antoinette Bailey shares with BusinessBecause.com that her social enterprise Maison Ethiopie aims to fund the development of women’s education in Ethiopia.

In an interview with TopMBA.com, Stephanie Villemagne, Assoicate Dean (Graduate Programmes) and Director of MBA Programmes of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School, shares with the media about her plans to push for an increase in the number of students coming to CUHK Business School’s MBA programs from outside of Asia, as well as the impending launch of a pre-experience master’s in management.

CUHK Business School MBA student Rohit Gupta received top honour and was runner up in the prestigious Graduate Business Forum (GBF) Leadership Awards 2016.

Universities and business schools are offering courses to help family businesses tackle challenges in operation and succession. Prof. Kevin Au says in an interview with The Peak magazine that he has designed an MBA course that focuses on issues not just from the family business perspective, but also from the perspective of professionals who are working for or with family businesses.

MBA alumna Michelle Nie shares with Financial Times how her investment banking experience has helped spark the idea for her business venture, along with her MBA classmate and co-founder Tiffany Ren.