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Taking Action For Social Change, Singapore Management University
Taking Action For Social Change, Singapore Management University
Research@SMU: Connecting the Dots
Research at the SMU Lien Centre for Social Innovation is helping to better understand and respond to the needs of vulnerable communities in Singapore.
See the papers:
- Elderly population in Singapore: Understanding social, physical and financial needs
- Single-parent families in Singapore: Understanding the challenges of finances, housing and time poverty
- People with physical disabilities in Singapore: Understanding disabling factors in caregiving, education, employment and finances
- A handbook on inequality, poverty and unmet social needs in Singapore
Dissecting A Giant: The Commodification Of Rural China, Singapore Management University
Dissecting A Giant: The Commodification Of Rural China, Singapore Management University
Research@SMU: Connecting the Dots
Rapid growth is causing unprecedented transformations in the social fabric and market structure of rural China, Professors Forrest Zhang and John Donaldson, researchers at SMU investigate.
See the papers:
- Class differentiation in rural China: Dynamics of accumulation, commodification and state intervention;
- Political dynamics in land commodification: Commodifying rural land development rights in Chengdu, China
- The rise of agrarian capitalism with Chinese characteristics: Agricultural modernization, agribusiness and collective land rights
- China's agrarian reform and the privatization of land: A contrarian view
Balancing The Sacred And The Secular, Singapore Management University
Balancing The Sacred And The Secular, Singapore Management University
Research@SMU: Connecting the Dots
Professor Lily Kong, widely regarded as one of the world’s leading social and cultural geographers, studies the complexities that surround a society’s religious spaces and practices.
See her book: Religion and space: Competition, conflict and violence in the contemporary world
and journal article:
Religious processions: Urban politics and poetics
Mergers & Acquisitions: The Asian Way, Singapore Management University
Mergers & Acquisitions: The Asian Way, Singapore Management University
Research@SMU: Connecting the Dots
Professor Wan Wai Yee studies the laws that govern mergers and acquisitions in Asia’s fast-changing landscape.
See the related publications:
- Mergers and Acquisitions in Singapore: Law and Practice
- Independent financial advisers' opinions for public takeovers and related party transactions in Singapore
- Regulating squeeze-out techniques by controlling shareholders: The divergence between Hong Kong and Singapore
Asia’S Legal Tiger, Singapore Management University
Asia’S Legal Tiger, Singapore Management University
Research@SMU: Connecting the Dots
The growing globalisation of Singapore’s legal profession presents both opportunities and challenges, says Professor Goh Yihan.
See his books:
The Blame Game, Singapore Management University
The Blame Game, Singapore Management University
Research@SMU: Connecting the Dots
When parties outsource duties to independent contractors who then carry out the work negligently, is the hiring party also responsible? Professor Low Kee Yang believes so.
See the papers:
- Non-delegable duty of care: Woodland v Swimming Teachers Association and beyond
- Non-delegable duty after Tiong Aik