CUHK MBA Taiwan Study Trip 2016
This Easter, Prof. Wilton Chau led a group of 37 CUHK MBA students for a 5-day field trip in Taiwan. Students were given the lens to see entrepreneurship in cultural and creative sector. If you missed it this year, scroll down and see what they had experienced.
“The Taiwan trip gave us the opportunity to see new business, social ideas, to meet entrepreneurs and to be in lectures in top universities in the country. I could see that Taiwan has all the necessary conditions (highly educated people; hard work and great ideas) to stand as one of the Asian tigers.” by Cecilia Barría, Full-time Year 1 Student
“The trip allowed us to have in-depth conversations with successful business founders and at the same time, explore the city. Real world is always different from what we were told in lectures and local culture always complicate the case. Prof. Chau provided us a chance to see the full picture and demonstrated how entrepreneurs bridge up classroom knowledge, local culture to the real business world.” by Josh Chan, Part-time Year 2 Student
Right after the arrival, students attended the lecture by Prof. Michael Lee at Taipei SE Square.
Prof. Lee talked about the social entrepreneurship in Taiwan.
On Day 2, Prof. Ji-Ren Lee, from National Taiwan University College of Management, provided a case study on the globalization strategy of Franz Collection Inc. Franz Collection Inc has been famous for its innovative porcelains since its foundation in 2002.
Students had a tour of the porcelain production process.
On Day 3, students went for a lecture by Prof. Hank Huang at National Chiao Tung University. Prof. Huang’s finding on Taiwan start-ups has inspired our students.
Prof. Huang has devoted himself to researching the eco-system for Taiwan start-ups for many years.
In the afternoon, an Entrepreneurship Forum, which was hosted by Prof. Joseph Hung, was held at National Chiao Tung University.
Group discussion during the forum.
On Day 4, students paid a visit to the Centre of Industry Accelerator and Patent Strategy at Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park.
The docent explained in details how the centre works.
On the last day, students visited to Asia University, where Prof. Ming-Huei Chen gave a lecture on Creativity and Entrepreneurship.
Prof. Chen, Dean of Asia University College of Management, talked about nurturing and developing new opportunities.
Thuy Nguyen, student from Asia University College of Management, was showing our students around campus.