The New Dragon Dance, 2016 Singapore Management University
The New Dragon Dance, Sarita Mathur
Asian Management Insights
Is China moving to a new normal?
A Bankable Future, 2016 Singapore Management University
A Bankable Future, Jonathan Henry Chang
Asian Management Insights
Efforts to promote financialinclusion in Cambodia arepaying dividends economically,and unlocking opportunity.
The Tpp: Threat Or Treat To China, 2016 Singapore Management University
The Tpp: Threat Or Treat To China, Henry S. Gao
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
The conclusion of the TPP has raised many challenges for China, especially on rules issues. This article discusses the possible responses by China, as well as how this may lead to a window of opportunity for mutual cooperation between the US and China.
Audit Committees And Financial Reporting Quality In Singapore, 2016 Singapore Management University
Audit Committees And Financial Reporting Quality In Singapore, Yuanto Kusnadi, Kwong Sin Leong, Themin Suwardy, Jiwei Wang
Research Collection School Of Accountancy
We examine three characteristics (independence, expertise, and overlapping membership) of audit committees and their impact on the financial reporting quality for Singapore-listed companies. The main finding is that financial reporting quality will be higher if audit committees have mixed expertise in accounting, finance, and/or supervisory. In addition, we do not find evidence that incremental independence of audit committees enhances financial reporting quality because audit committees already consist of a majority of independent directors. Finally, we fail to find any impact of overlapping membership on audit and remuneration committees on financial reporting quality. Overall, the results have policy implications on improving …
Getting Town Councils To Raise Their Game, 2016 Singapore Management University
Getting Town Councils To Raise Their Game, Tan K. B. Eugene
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
Given that about 80 per cent of Singaporeans live in public housing estates, town councils are an integral part of Singapore life. Last month, the Ministry of National Development (MND) initiated a public consultation on the proposed amendments to the Town Councils Act (TCA), which was first enacted in 1988 to empower elected Members of Parliament and unelected town councillors to run public housing estates
The Tpp: Threat Or Treat To China, 2016 Singapore Management University
The Tpp: Threat Or Treat To China, Henry S. Gao
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
The conclusion of the TPP has raised many challenges for China, especially on rules issues. This article discusses the possible responses by China, as well as how this may lead to a window of opportunity for mutual cooperation between the US and China.
Smarter Banking: Blockchain Technology In The Indian Banking System, 2016 Singapore Management University
Smarter Banking: Blockchain Technology In The Indian Banking System, Suparna Dhar, Indranil Bose
Asian Management Insights
Indian banks are currently experiencing poor performance when it comes to debt risk. Burdened with high non-performing loans (NPL), they are putting at risk the funds of investors as well as India’s industrial and economic growth. In addition, the loan management process itself is riddled with inefficiencies. To overcome them, we propose to use blockchain technology.
Putting Parent-Subsidiary Relationships Right: Lessons From Japanese Corporate Groups, 2016 Singapore Management University
Putting Parent-Subsidiary Relationships Right: Lessons From Japanese Corporate Groups, Akira Mitsumasu
Asian Management Insights
How do Japanese corporate groups manage their subsidiaries?
Can Asians Be Creative?, 2016 Singapore Management University
Can Asians Be Creative?, Chua, Roy Y. J., Jerry Zremski
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
A crotchety American named Henry Ford invented a modern, fast and efficient way to manufacture automobiles and a Japanese man named Eiji Toyoda refined and perfected it. A series of innovators across the western world developed the television - and the tech specialists at Sony, Toshiba and a host of other Asian companies found ways to make TVs better, cheaper, faster. And an idiosyncratic Californian named Steve Jobs invented a company that made a smart phone for the masses - and then outsourced the manufacturing to China. If you detect a pattern here, you are not alone. Asia may be …
The Public Interest And Mongolian Digital Television Transition, 2016 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
The Public Interest And Mongolian Digital Television Transition, Undrah Baasanjav
SIUE Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Since 2010 Mongolian television has been in transition from analogue to digital.
This article introduces the process of digital transition of television, and then
discusses challenges television stations face in terms of the audio-visual market and
policies. The Mongolian media market has structural constraints typical to those
in the small media states. In addition, new challenges like the financial dependency
on the mining sector tax, an unsustainable number of politically affiliated
commercial television stations, and the remnants of socialist institutional routines
in media organizations also shape the television sector in Mongolia. The study
also explores the state of public interest …
Institute For Societal Leadership Officially Launched By Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam At Societal Leadership Summit 2016, 2016 Singapore Management University
Institute For Societal Leadership Officially Launched By Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam At Societal Leadership Summit 2016, Singapore Management University
SMU Press Releases
The Institute for Societal Leadership (ISL) under the Singapore Management University (SMU) was today officially launched by distinguished Guest of Honour Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies of Singapore, during the Societal Leadership Summit 2016. DPM Tharman also delivered a keynote address on societal leadership. ISL is the first and only institution in Asia that focuses on societal leadership. The Institute was formed to advance Societal Leadership in Southeast Asia and beyond. It is anchored on SMU’s foundation of academic rigour and aims to achieve a greater applied understanding of societal …
Ueber-Brands: How To Make Your Brand Priceless?, 2016 Ueber Brands Consulting
Ueber-Brands: How To Make Your Brand Priceless?, J. P. Kuehlwein, Wolf Schaefer
Asian Management Insights
Ueber-Brands—brands that are valued beyond their price and esteemed beyond their size. These brands are unique in that they have captured not just the wallet but also the hearts of a huge, loyal and growing customer base.
Asean's Digital Economy, 2016 Singapore Management University
Asean's Digital Economy, Naveen Menon
Asian Management Insights
Transforming industries, enriching lives and propelling progress.
Connecting India, 2016 Singapore Management University
Connecting India, Sam Pitroda
Asian Management Insights
Great inventions will not be born in the absence of the will and intent to embrace change and solve wideranging societal problems.
Inventing The ‘Authentic’ Self: American Television And Chinese Audiences In Global Beijing, 2016 Singapore Management University
Inventing The ‘Authentic’ Self: American Television And Chinese Audiences In Global Beijing, Yang Gao
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
This article examines the ways educated urban Chinese youths engage American television fiction as part of their identity work. Drawing on theories of modern reflexive identity, and based on 29 interviews with US TV fans among university students in Beijing, I found these youths are drawn to this television primarily because they perceive the American way of life portrayed on it as more ‘authentic’. This perception of authenticity must be examined within the socio-cultural milieu these students inhabit. Specifically, torn between China’s ingrained collectivist culture and its recent neoliberal emphasis on the individual self, my respondents glean from US TV …
Invitation Strategy For Cutting Edge Industries Through Mncs And Global Talents: The Case Of Singapore, 2016 Singapore Management University
Invitation Strategy For Cutting Edge Industries Through Mncs And Global Talents: The Case Of Singapore, Kim Song Tan
Research Collection School Of Economics
Singapore presents an interesting case of how a country achieves dynamic economic development and innovation through the "invitation" strategy of a business hub. Despite being a small city-state with limited domestic market size and no meaningful hinterland or natural resources to speak of, Singapore has managed to transform its economy dramatically over the past 50 years by leveraging the strengths of other economies. Specifically, it has been able to attract (or "invite") various types of productive resources, including foreign capital, foreign technology and foreign workers (both skilled and unskilled) to make up for what it lacks. This has helped Singapore …
’A Beautiful Bridge’: Chinese Indonesian Associations, Social Capital And Strategic Identification In A New Era Of China Indonesia Relations, 2016 Singapore Management University
’A Beautiful Bridge’: Chinese Indonesian Associations, Social Capital And Strategic Identification In A New Era Of China Indonesia Relations, Charlotte Setijadi
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
In Indonesia, Chinese voluntary associations took on a new level of importance after the fall of Suharto’s New Order regime in 1998 that ushered in a revival of Chinese identity politics. At the same time, Sino-Indonesian relations are blossoming, and the rise of China as a global power means that Indonesia can only benefit from stronger ties with China in the future. In this new atmosphere of cooperation, I argue that Chinese Indonesian individuals and voluntary organizations play a crucial function as trade and cultural intermediaries. Drawing on both empirical and qualitative fieldwork data, in this paper, I examine how …
Grab Taxi: Navigating New Frontiers, 2016 Singapore Management University
Grab Taxi: Navigating New Frontiers, Mei Lin, Christopher Dula
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
In mid-2016, Anthony Tan, the CEO of Grab, an on-demand transportation-app company serving Southeast Asia, was locked in a high stakes struggle to win the hearts and minds of drivers, passengers and regulators alike. Valued at an estimated US$1.5 billion, Grab (known among consumers as ‘GrabTaxi’) had become one of Asia’s most successful start-ups.
Small Infrastructure Has Big Impact In China, 2016 Singapore Management University
Small Infrastructure Has Big Impact In China, John A. Donaldson
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
It is a familiar dilemma to policymakers around Asia: How much infrastructure, and what kind, is enough? How should developing economies prioritize when the needs are so great? China’s experience offers a surprising answer. While large-scale infrastructure sometimes generates GDP growth (it often does not), smaller is often better for poverty reduction.
What Do Chinese Really Think About Democracy And India?, 2016 Singapore Management University
What Do Chinese Really Think About Democracy And India?, Devin K. Joshi, Yizhe Xu
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
There has been much speculation about whether China will democratize and avoid conflict with India in the twenty-first century. Yet, few studies have investigated how contemporary Chinese view India and its democracy. Addressing this gap in the literature, the authors examined Chinese media coverage of India’s two-month long April–May 2014 parliamentary election, the largest election in world history, through systematic analysis of over 500 articles from ten major mass media outlets and over 27,000 messages transmitted on Sina Weibo social media. As might be expected, Chinese mass media generally portrayed India and its elections in a condescending fashion while avoiding …