Higher education in management: The case of Singapore

Abstract

Singapore is a remarkable example of what a successful hub policy can lead to. From using its geographical position and the growth of trade in and out of Asia to establish itself as world-leading port, this city-nation has over the past few decades extended the concept of hub to include many other facets. Leveraging the growth of Asia, the growing need for coordination of multinational activities across the region, the quality of infrastructures and of education, Singapore has become a sort of meta-hub: a hub of many forms of trade and activities. Supported by consistent public policies, it has established itself as a favorite place for multinational regional headquarters, a hub for financial services and more recently a knowledge hub, a place where students, from young undergraduates to executives, converge to receive an education that has become a reference beyond Asia.