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The Chatbot Challenge: How Smes Can Leverage Ai For Growth And Engagement, Tamas Makany, Felicia Goh
The Chatbot Challenge: How Smes Can Leverage Ai For Growth And Engagement, Tamas Makany, Felicia Goh
Asian Management Insights
Enhancing SME workforce efficiency with chatbots for improved business communication.
Acquiring An Entrepreneurial Mindset, Maw Der Foo
Acquiring An Entrepreneurial Mindset, Maw Der Foo
Asian Management Insights
Key ingredients to facilitate the acquisition.
Burning The Flame Of Entrepreneurship, Singapore Management University
Burning The Flame Of Entrepreneurship, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
From starting a business in a foreign land to adapting to the internet economy, Florence Fang is all about enhancing human lives
Is Guanxi Still Everything When Doing Business In China?, Singapore Management University
Is Guanxi Still Everything When Doing Business In China?, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
Research finds that traditional guanxi-style connection-building is no longer the main key to success when doing business in China, and a new generation of Chinese entrepreneurs form business ties based on reputation and capabilities
Turtletree: Cultivating Food Sustainably, Fengru Lin
Turtletree: Cultivating Food Sustainably, Fengru Lin
Asian Management Insights
Lin Fengru, co-founder of TurtleTree, speaks about her entrepreneurial journey in the biotech space.
Digital Entrepreneurship In Asean, Chiraphol N. Chiyachantana, Pattarawan Mai Prasarnphanich
Digital Entrepreneurship In Asean, Chiraphol N. Chiyachantana, Pattarawan Mai Prasarnphanich
Asian Management Insights
Capitalising on the COVID-driven digitalisation phenomenon.
The Creative Response And The Entrepreneur, Martin Jes Iversen
The Creative Response And The Entrepreneur, Martin Jes Iversen
Perspectives@SMU
Schumpeter’s 1947 essay still holds valuable lessons in the 21st century
Predicting Success And Failure Factors Of Thai Start-Ups: An Empirical Study Of Start-Up Success And Its Determinants In Thailand, Ajjaree Limpamont
Predicting Success And Failure Factors Of Thai Start-Ups: An Empirical Study Of Start-Up Success And Its Determinants In Thailand, Ajjaree Limpamont
Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)
Innovation is crucial to economic growth in both developed and emerging countries across the world. Its benefits creates impact on individuals, corporate and government stakeholders in improving quality of lives, increasing income levels and boost up economics. While innovations are important, where, and how they are best conceived of, managed, executed, and brought to the society has been of great debate and has attracted a great deal of scholarly inquiry. There have been numerous research findings discussing the wisdom and impact of each of these pathways. While the business start-up is an effective organizational form for harnessing resources and creating …
Raising Capital: The Startup Journey, Simon J.D. Schillebeeckx, Guarav Nagar
Raising Capital: The Startup Journey, Simon J.D. Schillebeeckx, Guarav Nagar
Perspectives@SMU
Make sure you get a lawyer to read your term sheet, and keep talking to VCs and other founders
Entrepreneurship And The Great Chinese Urban Migration, Singapore Management University
Entrepreneurship And The Great Chinese Urban Migration, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
A recent research study finds that rural migrants in China are likely to establish bigger companies and universities in big cities can serve as talent importers
Start Small. Do It Well. Then Expand Your Offerings., Binny Bansal
Start Small. Do It Well. Then Expand Your Offerings., Binny Bansal
Asian Management Insights
An interview with Binny Bansal. Binny Bansal, co-founder of Flipkart, and co-founder and executive chairman of xto10x, talks about his entrepreneurial journey in the world of e-commerce.
Entrepreneurial Lessons, Singapore Management University
Entrepreneurial Lessons, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
Growth keeps a company interesting and helps retain talent. There are many issues to grapple with, from manpower to asking your clients, “How much would you pay for that?”
Investing For The Future, Saker Nusseibeh
Investing For The Future, Saker Nusseibeh
Perspectives@SMU
Even if you don’t believe in climate change, shifting consumer and governmental attitudes make businesses that prioritise sustainability more profitable
Sinwattana: Capital Crowdfunding For Thai Smes, Singapore Management University
Sinwattana: Capital Crowdfunding For Thai Smes, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
A Singaporean entrepreneur falls in love with Thailand, and creates the country’s first online equity crowdfunding platform
The Impact Of Digitalization On International Expansion: A Study On Market Entry Strategy Based On The Integration-Responsiveness Framework, Thian Kiang Tan
The Impact Of Digitalization On International Expansion: A Study On Market Entry Strategy Based On The Integration-Responsiveness Framework, Thian Kiang Tan
Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)
Digitalization has accelerated the growth and creation of new business models. There are more unicorn companies (a non-public company valued at more than US$1B) in the last 10 years than the decades before it. The use of digital technologies presents new opportunities for digitally active firms to capture growth in a new market. This paper studies how digitalization influences the internationalization process of the firm and its mode of entry into a foreign market. Drawing on existing literature on digitalization, this paper creates a novel approach to study the effect of digitalization by classifying firms based on their market business …
Business Families As Stewards Of Sustainability, John Cheng, Ankesh Shahra, Cynthia Handriani Wijaya, Louise Dudley
Business Families As Stewards Of Sustainability, John Cheng, Ankesh Shahra, Cynthia Handriani Wijaya, Louise Dudley
Perspectives@SMU
The drive to preserve the business for future generations makes family-owned enterprises especially suited to sustainability initiatives. Embracing ESG frameworks will help measure their effectiveness
The Entrepreneurial Scientist, Kush Agarwal
The Entrepreneurial Scientist, Kush Agarwal
Perspectives@SMU
Kush Agarwal is a trained scientist who calls himself “an entrepreneur by DNA”. His advice to budding startup founders: Manage your expectations with VCs
Winning Startup Competitions, Shao Yen Tan, Kush Agarwal
Winning Startup Competitions, Shao Yen Tan, Kush Agarwal
Perspectives@SMU
Tan Shao Yen and Kush Agarwal were a mentor-mentee pairing in the Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition. Their organisations are now collaborating to explore the application of new technology in the built environment
A Cio’S Take On Singapore’S Startup Ecosystem, Singapore Management University
A Cio’S Take On Singapore’S Startup Ecosystem, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
New challenges will drive innovation, says CPG’s Tan Shao Yen
Building A Hook For Success, Nir Eyal
Building A Hook For Success, Nir Eyal
Perspectives@SMU
Nir Eyal rode the Silicon Valley wave and created the Hook model that keeps customers coming back for more. He sees shades of 2006 Silicon Valley optimism in Singapore
Angling For Effective Innovation Governance In Asia: Lessons Learnt From Singapore’S Qian Hu Fish Farm, Thomas Menkhoff, Geok Chwee Ong
Angling For Effective Innovation Governance In Asia: Lessons Learnt From Singapore’S Qian Hu Fish Farm, Thomas Menkhoff, Geok Chwee Ong
Asian Management Insights
Would you feed herbal medication to help fishes heal? This proposition may seem like a wild idea, but it was a calculated act of innovation by Qian Hu Corp Ltd, a Singapore-based Chinese family ornamental fish business.
Lead With Your Heart, Hyper Innovate, And Make A Difference, Steve Johanns, Singapore Management University
Lead With Your Heart, Hyper Innovate, And Make A Difference, Steve Johanns, Singapore Management University
Asian Management Insights
Steve Johanns, founder and former Chairman of Veriown Global, is now taking smart villages into Sub-Saharan Africa through his company Villedge Solutions. He talks about his entrepreneurial journey in the world of hyper innovation and the secrets found in last mile empowerment.
Factors Contributing To Innovation Orientation Of Singapore Technology Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes), Kok Beng Neo
Factors Contributing To Innovation Orientation Of Singapore Technology Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes), Kok Beng Neo
Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)
As Singapore transitioned from economy that was primarily dependent on foreign direct investments (FDI) to a knowledge-based economy driven by indigenously developed science, technology and innovations, it became critical for the local firms to grow and internationalize. The government has thus invested heavily (of $19 billion from 2016 to 2020, and $25 billion from 2021 to 2015) in science and technology research and development. The Committee of Future Economy (CFE) concluded that in an era of rapid technological change where innovation cycles have shortened, one of economic strategy is to support our “high growth” enterprises to “scale up”. However, the …
Homie: Home Services Company, Kean Loong (Josh) Teo
Homie: Home Services Company, Kean Loong (Josh) Teo
MSc in Innovation Capstone Projects
Analysis of the market for home services, value proposition, differentiator, market attractiveness, and business model. Included marketing campaign and social media posts.
Trust And The ‘Hive Effect’ In Family Firms, Rameshwari Ramachandra
Trust And The ‘Hive Effect’ In Family Firms, Rameshwari Ramachandra
Asian Management Insights
Boosting creativity and innovation in family firms.
The Importance Of Innovation And Entrepreneurship In China’S Social Transformation, Guo Jun Shen
The Importance Of Innovation And Entrepreneurship In China’S Social Transformation, Guo Jun Shen
Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)
As world’s second largest economy, China has seen tremendous changes since its 1978 “open door and reform” policy. Different reformations in form of policies were planned and rolled out to release the potential of productivity. At the same time, social development also seen a huge progress. How the reformation been transformed to social development and in what degree? This is the question was answered in this dissertation. I studied four major reformations covering: State owned Enterprises (SoE), land, financial liberalization, and science and technology, and their impacts on the social development. At macro level, I identified mediation effects of entrepreneurship …
How Ties With Family Members Influence Professionals' Creativity In Family Businesses: The Role Of Hive Effect And Trust, Rameshwari Ramachandra
How Ties With Family Members Influence Professionals' Creativity In Family Businesses: The Role Of Hive Effect And Trust, Rameshwari Ramachandra
Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)
Many Asian enterprises are family businesses. In recent years, there has been a growing body of research on creativity in Asian firms, but few studies on the creativity of the professionals working in Asian family businesses. Given the importance of creativity in family businesses for their continued success, I examined how a professional’s ties to family members in a family business influenced their creativity. I proposed that the number of family members in a professional’s network would positively predict the professional’s creativity, and that this effect would be mediated by the family members’ affective and cognitive trust in the professional. …
Innovation And Small Business Success, Anirban Mukherjee, Hannah H. Chang
Innovation And Small Business Success, Anirban Mukherjee, Hannah H. Chang
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
This article seeks to discuss three fundamental questions relating to innovation: What is innovation? What makes it important for small businesses? How can small businesses innovate?
Does The Crowd Support Innovation? Innovation Claims And Success On Kickstarter, Anirban Mukherjee, Cathy L. Yang, Ping Xiao, Amitava Chattopadhyay
Does The Crowd Support Innovation? Innovation Claims And Success On Kickstarter, Anirban Mukherjee, Cathy L. Yang, Ping Xiao, Amitava Chattopadhyay
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
Online crowdfunding is a popular new tool for raising capital to commercialize product innovation. Product innovation must be both novel and useful (1-4). Therefore, we study the role of novelty and usefulness claims on Kickstarter. Startlingly, we find that a single claim of novelty increases project funding by about 200%, a single claim of usefulness increases project funding by about 1200%, and the co-occurrence of novelty andusefulness claims lowers funding by about 26%. Our findings are encouraging because they suggest the crowd strongly supports novelty and usefulness. However, our findings are disappointing because the premise of crowdfunding is to support …
The New Lyrics Of The Old Folks: The Role Of Family Ownership In Corporate Innovation, Po-Hsuan Hsu, Sterling Huang, Massimo Massa, Hong Zhang
The New Lyrics Of The Old Folks: The Role Of Family Ownership In Corporate Innovation, Po-Hsuan Hsu, Sterling Huang, Massimo Massa, Hong Zhang
Research Collection School Of Accountancy
According to conventional wisdom, family ownership, which signals a lack of social capital and trust in an economy, may impede innovation. This argument, however, fails to recognize that modern family firms can benefit from capitalist institutions that promote innovation. Using a comprehensive sample of U.S. family-owned public firms and patents for the period from 2000 to 2010, we show that family ownership promotes innovation and that this positive effect can be attributed to reduced financial constraints, a greater commitment to long-term value, and improved corporate governance. Causality is confirmed by an instrumental variable analysis using the state-level divorce rate and …