People Economics - Penang Monthly (Page 2)

Horst Rosenmueller : Knowing what motivates others is the key

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What are some of the key highlights of your professional experience?In 2008, we established an R&D centre here in addition to the R&D Group based in R...

Dr Juergen Schloesser: Everything possible, nothing easy

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What is the management rotation system like at the B.Braun headquarters? What determines which individual gets posted for international assignments?We look fo...

Penetrating The New Frontier of Medical Devices

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PENETRATING THE medical devices industry sits high on the wish list of many local manufacturing entities. However, the stringent quality standards associated...

Taking Training Into New Territory

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The snaking line as participants register for the conference.THE ANNUAL ASTD International Conference is marketed and positioned as the place where s...

Pricing The Homemaker

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TWO-THIRDS OF economic wealth is generated by human capital; and the catalyst in this staggering equation lies in the process of parenting. More interesting, a...

Medical Devices Manufacturing: Penang Pursues The New Frontier (Part 2)

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The healthcare industryThe healthcare industry is a robust and stable industry, comprising several sectors which are dedicated to providing healthcare services...

Why Compete When You Can Collaborate?

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A representative from the Newborn Care Centre, Royal Hospital for Women, Australia, leading a workshop on neonatal resuscitation.IN AN UNEXPECTED move, fi...

Secret to success: Doing your best at what you do best

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Faces of industrial Penang: This special series looks at the local talent behind industrial Penang. From ceos to strategists, managers to engineers, technicians...

Managing Malaysia’s First EMC Lab

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The CISSPR team at the PSDC. From left : lab manager Chee Lay Hen, test engineer Cheng See See and tests specialists Wan Khairul Hazli bin Wan Mustapha, A...

Continuing A 125-year-old Internationalisation Strategy

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ErrataIn “Managing Malaysia’s first EMC lab”, published in issue 12.11, the term “technopreneur” was described as “Entre...

Faces of Industrial Penang: Hamdan – Doer and Dreamer

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Tell us something about your background.My early years were in Penang. I left Penang Free School to pursue a degree in Economics from the University of Lond...

Opting Out – Choice or Circumstance ?

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When a woman opts out of the workforce, is it choice or circumstance?In both cases, the catalyst to this situation is motherhood which affects women at all le...