Experience matters in retail

The consumer experience can make or break a brand especially when competition intensifies, according to Andrew Au, Executive Director, Asia-Pacific, Eight Inc. Andrew was speaking at the latest edition of the Asian Business Series where leaders are invited share their industry insights.  He talked about “The Return on Experience,” and…

Alumnus siblings who give back together

Many of Business School’s donors tend to be alumni who are keen to give back to their old faculty. However, Business School donor Wilson Ang is a Bachelor of Science (Real Estate Management) graduate from 1990. Influenced by his elder sister, Grace Ang (BAC 1984), who initiated the setting up…

Shining a light on Singapore’s philanthropic history

Temasek Shophouse and the Asia Centre for Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy (ACSEP) launched For Love Shines: An Ode to 200 Years of Philanthropy in Singapore, a Singapore Bicentennial exhibition on August 21 2019. The event was conceptualised from ACSEP’s landmark research “Philanthropy in Asia Series” that delves into 200 years…

Commencement 2019: Advice for the graduates

Some 1,100 students from the Doctorate, Masters and Bachelor cohorts graduated from NUS Business School in three Commencement ceremonies on 16 and 17 July 2019. Our guest speakers and valedictorians share inspirational quotes based on their life lessons with our newly coined alumni as they step into a new phase…

Professor Jochen Wirtz receives the Christopher Lovelock Career Contributions Award

Our very own Professor Jochen Wirtz from the Department of Marketing is the 2019 winner of the most prestigious award of the service community – the “Christopher Lovelock Career Contributions Award”.  He is the first-ever recipient from an Asian University. Named after Prof Wirtz’s late mentor and friend, the award…

Marketing a racing car

F1 in Schools is a competition among secondary school students to develop the fastest racing car with environmental sustainability in mind. Our very own NUS Business School Associate Professor Ang Swee Hoon is the marketing mentor to the all-girls winning team from Singapore—Team Divignite. Team Divignite is from Raffles Girls’…

Farewell to The Terrace

The Terrace canteen, located between School of Computing and NUS Business School, has been operating for more than 35 years, serving throngs of Bizaders, Computing students, previously Law School, Kent Ridge Hall and Sheares Hall, and even Faculty of Arts and Social Science. The older NUS alumni fondly remember The…

NUS Business School Winners of Regional P&G CEO Challenge Share Their Learnings

By Isabelle Goh (BBA Year 3) On 13 February, Winnie Tan (Year 4, NUS BBA Marketing Major), Teo Xin Yee (Year 4, NUS BBA Marketing Major) and Wong Hong Qiang (Year 4, NTU Bachelor of Accountancy) emerged champions of the prestigious P&G CEO Challenge APAC. The team has a guaranteed…

NUS MBA students impress in Spain

Team Lumos Berator (MBA students Aditi Srivastava, Kanika Rastogi, Napat Ratanakul, and Alvin Salim) recently clinched first runners-up at the 24th IESE Roland Berger MBA Case Competition in Barcelona, Spain. From 14 to 16 February, the students pitted their wits against ten of the world’s leading business schools, including London…