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Thinking beyond the checklist

SMU business school's new dean sets his sights on building entrepreneurial thinking in his students

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Published Thu, Mar 12, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    NAPOLEON I, borrowing a phrase from Scottish philosopher Adam Smith, famously described Britain as "a nation of shopkeepers", implying that the British were small-minded.

    Singapore is in that kind of spot right now, says the freshly inaugurated dean of the Lee Kong Chian School of Business of the Singapore Management University (SMU).

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