WELCOME to the ASIA CONNECT Center (ACC-HSG)

The ASIA CONNECT Center (ACC-HSG) is a unique initiative between the University of St.Gallen, a top business university in Europe, and the St.GallenBodenseeArea, the joint economic development organization of the Cantons of St.Gallen, Thurgau, Appenzell-Ausserrhoden and Appenzell-Innerrhoden in Switzerland.
The ASIA CONNECT Center (ACC-HSG) provides support to European companies in Asia as well as to companies from Asia in Europe. The value proposition of the ACC-HSG is its network of partners that provide the customers of the ACC-HSG with unique ways to access decision makers and industry experts in Asia and Europe respectively and contribute to its customers' SUCCESS in Asia and in Europe.

NEWS & INFORMATION
Switzerland / 21st March 2020: ACC-HSG starts "COVID-19" Contextual Intelligence Platform Initiative to help companies from St.GallenBodenseeArea to develop scenarios about how COVID-19 will affect their industry mid- and long-term. 
We are aware that many companies currently struggle with cash flow challenges and many other important problems that require the full attention of their executives. However, in a couple of days or weeks we all need to better understand how the world might look after or with a COVID-19 changing the rules of the game in many industries.

Based on our own "DECISION INTELLIGENCE" concept we will try to support you in:
  • Developing "Decision Context Maps" - what do I need to know to make better decisions about different COVID-19 challenges. 
  • Sorting out what kind of changes due to COVID-19 in your industry your really need to understand to prepare for the future. 
  • Gathering intelligence via our online Delphi (Expert Panel) software. 
  • Identifying implications from different SCENARIOS for your functional strategies.  
More info follows soon here. 
Switzerland / 17th March 2020: Just found this great initiative of a local law firm in St.Gallen on LinkedIn. 
That's exactly the kind of support that we need to show now for the next couple of weeks and months. There is no "we" or "them" in the St.GallenBodenseeArea or Switzerland and with our partner countries. We loose or win this fight against COVID-19 together - our health, our society and our economy. 
The ACC-HSG can unfortunately not help in the same direct way but we are currently setting up training material so that all companies can use our expert panel platform to get a better understanding from their stakeholders about what COVID-19 means for their suppliers, operations and customers. 
India & Switzerland /November 2019: ACC-HSG and India Expert Michael Enderle from EurAsia Competence AG complete joint Delphi study on the future of Swiss MEM companies in India. 
In a new form of collaboration, EurAsia Competence AG and ACC-HSG have conducted a joint study on MEM Companies in India: A Business Context Outlook for the next 5 years. 
The study results confirm that India remains an attractive location for Swiss MEM companies to produce and sell if they are able to adapt to the local requirements - from a strategic, cultural and technological perspective. 
If you are interested to conduct your own online "opinion benchmarking", please register HERE
India / Arabic Peninsula / April 2019: Dr. Roger Moser comments on the economic dimensions of the elections in India on CNBC Arabia. 
The elections will determine how much economic progress is possible during the next 5 years. If the BJP with its leader Shri Narendra Modi doesn't achieve a high-enough margin victory over Congress and if BJP needs to create a broad alliance to stay in power we won't see too much progress on creating the necessary political and legal environment as well as the required infrastructure. 
India / April 2019: St.Gallen-headquartered company SatSure AG got featured by Facebook's One India initiative:
SatSure AG is a high-tech, AI-driven start-up that provides "Spatial Decision Intelligence" to Banks, Insurers, Governments and NGOs to improve the financial inclusion of small-scale farmers and protect them from climate change in emerging markets. 
Link to the Panel Discussion Video
Southeast Asia / April 2019: ACC-HSG extends its business development network to Indonesia / Bali and the Philippines:

Dr. Roger Moser, Director ACC-HSG, has successfully established new collaboration agreements with trusted business partners in the Philippines and Bali / Indonesia to support companies from the St.GallenBodenseeArea in these regions when it comes to access to local networks (buyers/suppliers/Government) as well as import/export activities.
​For more details, please contact Dr. Moser directly. 
St.GallenBodenseeArea / January 2019: ACC-HSG announces the re-defintion of its MISSION for companies from the St.GallenBodenseeArea: 
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"The Provision of DECISION INTELLIGENCE for companies from the St.GallenBodenseeArea whenver they face a changing business environment - be it Asia, Converging Industries or Agriculture 4.0"
The ACC-HSG's value proposition for companies from the St.GallenBodenseeArea consists of three major elements:
  • FRAMEWORK PROFICIENCY to better understand WHAT really matters in a new business environment. 
  • Customized EXECUTIVE EDUCATION / Training Material to better prepare executives and employees for changing business environments. 
  • INTELLIGENCE ACCESS to better understand HOW key analysis dimensions will look like in a new business environment. 
For this purpose, the ACC-HSG has developed a unique, cloud-based "Contextual Intelligence Platform" which companies from the St.GallenBodenseeArea can use for free to improve their decision making in changing business environments such as Asia, Converging Industries/Digitization or Agriculture 4.0. 
All services for companies from the St.GallenBodenseeArea are still basically free of charge. 

​For more information, please contact Dr. Roger Moser
For more information on DECISION INTELLIGENCE, please read this WHITE PAPER. 
For more information about the CONTEXTUAL INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM, please read this SUMMARY (in Deutsch) SUMMARY (in English)
India / November 2018: Dr. Moser was invited to Vivekananda International Foundation in Delhi to join its Chairmain Shri S Gurumurthy for a panel discussion. 
Switzerland & China / September 2018: 
​The Sino-Swiss Competence Center 中瑞经贸研究中心 (SSCC) under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Tomas Casas-i-Klett from the University of St.Gallen, the first first Sino-Swiss Free Trade Agreement – Academic Evaluation Report - has been published.