Right Time for Korean Startups to Ride on Digital Fever in Southeast Asia(6)

Right Time for Korean Startups to Ride on Digital Fever in Southeast Asia

There are yet pending issues to tackle in startup fever in Southeast Asia. Poor IT infrastructures in non-urban areas, shortage of high-skilled workforces and widespread financial illiteracy have chronically taken roots in most parts of Southeast Asia. 

With the exception of Singapore, capital markets and legal and institutional systems for startups in the region aren’t well devised and developed as well. However, venture capitals, symbols of adventurous money would remain indifferent unless they feel confident of more gains than losses by stepping into the digital frenzy in Southeast Asia.

Strategy is in Knowledge Management(3)

Global Mando, strategy is in knowledge management

In this regard, Mando Corporation, unlisted, one of the top Korean auto parts suppliers whose sales reached 1,575 billion won in 2008, is sure to be the best example. By making strategic decisions of fully concentrating on knowledge management in time of the big crisis, Mando showed splendid performance over the considerable amount of period.

Let's take a look at Mando’s strategic movement especially focusing on knowledge management so that the significance of strategy can be enlightened in this fast-changing era once again. Regarding the question of strategic management, how Mando originates its own strategy and secure competitiveness?

How I became interested in Southeast Asia(4)

Brief story of how I became interested in Southeast Asia including Indonesia

This role gave me an opportunity to be hired by QS Asia, an Asia-Pacific branch of QS. As a marketing and PR director for the Korean and Japanese market, I went back and forth between Singapore and Seoul in 2011~2012. 

In doing so, I could observe the situation of the contemporary higher education industry in Asia. Actually, this is when I was seriously linked to Southeast Asia first. The reason is that I stayed and worked in Singapore, the most-advanced country in the region.

It was Indonesia in which country I was involved after Singapore. Around the summer of 2013, I made up my mind to apply for a position at a newly-established company by my Indonesian friend and Korean friend in Bandung, Indonesia. 

Knowledge Network is Power(1)

'Global Mando', Knowledge Network is Power

It is no doubt that we are living in a knowledge-oriented society. Knowledge is considered one of the core competitiveness to companies, universities and even governments. 

That could explain why many organizations rush to adopt knowledge management and take subsequent steps to improve their capabilities in various ways.

In this regard, taking a look at a company which shows wonderful performance in knowledge management over the considerable amount of times serves as an opportunity to enlighten the importance of knowledge management in this fast-changing era once again. 

And as far as knowledge management concerns, Mando Corporation, unlisted, one of the top Korean auto parts supplier whose sales reached 1,575 billion won  in 2008, is sure to be the best example.