Enterprising Asia: Innovation, Strategy & Impact

Course aim

The objective of the course is to provide students with a holistic understanding of the variability in contexts within Asia and how it influences innovation, entrepreneurial ecosystem, and the strategy of organisations. The students learn contextual differences in various Asian countries. The context is also studied holistically as it includes social, cultural, economic, regulatory and innovation systems within Asian countries. A deeper and nuanced understanding of the Asian context allows students to appreciate the past trajectory of entrepreneurship and industry development in the countries and also relate to the current and future directions.

Note: The major Asian countries that are focused on are China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore.

Course content

Socio-cultural context and cultural entrepreneurship; Socio-economic context and social entrepreneurship; institutional context; national innovation system and industrial trajectory; domestic growth strategies of national companies; international expansion strategy of Asian companies; strategies of new age innovative companies; developing a business plan for Asian enterprise.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Preparatory	1 hour x 1 week
Seminar	3 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External	30 hours x N/A
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	30 hours x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment, Report, Viva Voce

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.