Entrepreneurship Education in Southeast Asia HEIs: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam

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Entrepreneurship Education inSoutheast Asia
HEIsMalaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam

• By
• Assumption University (Thailand)
• NCGE Southeast Asian Partner

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Presentation Overview

• Introduction
• Country-wide Initiatives
• HIEs Entrepreneurship Initiatives
• Highlights of Good Practice HIEs
• Future Challenges

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Country-wide Initiatives for Entrepreneurship

• MALAYSIA
• New Economic Policy (NEC) (1970)
• Ministry of Entrepreneur
• Development (1995)
• Bumiputera Commercial and
• Industrial Community (BCIC) (2001)

• SINGAPORE
• Economic Development Board
• SPRING (Standards, Productivity
• and Innovation for Growth)
• ERC (Entrepreneurs Resource
• Centre)
• ACE (Action Community for
• Entrepreneurs)
• Entrepreneurial Talent
• Development Fund

• THAILAND
• SME Bank
• National Innovation Agency (NIA)
• Thailand Commission for Higher
• Education (CHE)
• Thailand Research Fund (TRF)

• Vietnam
• Doi Moi (Renovation Policy)
• Green Summer Campaign
• Program

Note These are not exhaustive lists of country
initiatives.
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Southeast Countries and Sample HIEs
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Malaysia Common and Unique HEI Entrepreneur
Development Features
Malaysia
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Singapore Common and Unique HEI Entrepreneur
Development Features
Singapore
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Thailand Common and Unique HEI Entrepreneur
Development Features
Thailand
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Thailand Common and Unique HEI Entrepreneur
Development Features
Thailand
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Vietnam Common and Unique HEI Entrepreneur
Development Features
Vietnam
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Summary of Good Practices
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Mapping of HEIs in Southeast Asia
Full
Temasek
Limkokwing University
TU
SMU
UiTM
MSU
NU
KU
Facilitating Opportunities For Actual Entrepreneur
ial Practice
MU
UNITEN
UNITAR
AU
BU
BDU
VNU
HBU
Limited
Wide
Institution-wide Entrepreneurship Embeddedness
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Future Challenges

• Legitimizing entrepreneurship as an academic
  discipline
• Qualifying faculty
• Systematically measuring entrepreneurship
  initiative outcomes