SMU launches Southeast Asia’s first regional institute focused on family businesses

• Main Author: Singapore Management University
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Singapore; higher education; Singapore Management University; institute; family business; research; Asian Studies; Business; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations; Higher Education
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/oh_pressrelease/106; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=oh_pressrelease

The Singapore Management University (SMU) today launched Southeast Asia’s first regional institute set up specifically to serve the needs of business families in this part of the world. The Business Families Institute, or BFI@SMU, will be an educational, engagement and research platform to bring together business families in Asia. SMU will leverage on the vast experience of faculty who have worked closely with business families and thus understand their strengths and challenges, as well as the University’s strong expertise in business and management, to help them deal with business family-specific issues such as family ownership, business succession, business diversification and governance.