European colonisation of Southeast Asia tightening Turkish control and eventual shut down of the Eastern Mediterranean gateways into Asia first prompted Portuguese, and later Spanish and Dutch sea voyagers to ship around Africa in search of new trading routes and business opportunities. Niccolò de' Conti arrived in Southeast Asia as the earliest documented European in the early 15th century. By 1498 Vasco da Gama, who had sailed round the Cape of Good Hope, established the first direct sea route from Europe to India. Central among the various plannings was to establish direct and permanent trade of the highly priced spices, that were native to Southeast
Europe Asia Business School Europe Asia Business School Europe Asia Business School is a B-School founded by Industrialist and Academicians including Alumni of Harvard and Cambridge Universities. The initiative is funded by Venture Capital funds- Intel Capital (the Venture Capital arm of Intel Corp) and Helion Ventures. The school offers the following academic programmes ; Under Corporate programmes ; Unleash The CEO is an annual event organized pan-India by Europe Asia Business School. This is a young CEO hunt contest held in beginning of every year. The event is structured to test contestants' skills at different simulated stages as in real time career i.e.