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Why People Self-Sabotage, And How To Stop It, David Chan Nov 2019

Why People Self-Sabotage, And How To Stop It, David Chan

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

In an invited commentary, SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute Director Professor David Chan explains how the science of self-sabotage can help us understand why people sometimes choose to say and do things that defeat their own goals and offer solutions to deal with the problem.

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Environmental Pollution Control In Singapore: The Intersection Of Torts, Statutes, Regulations And Community Norms, Gary Kok Yew Chan Nov 2019

Environmental Pollution Control In Singapore: The Intersection Of Torts, Statutes, Regulations And Community Norms, Gary Kok Yew Chan

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

Singapore is a land-scarce, densely populated, urbanized and technology-driven society. Despite her image as a clean and green environment, serious challenges remain to keep environmental pollution at bay. Both private and public laws, whether based on statutes or common law, as well as a host of regulations and community norms collectively regulate environmental pollution in Singapore. Statutory provisions targeting environmental pollution rely on criminal punishment, administrative measures and also compensatory damages awarded to victims in the event of breaches of specified statutory duties. The Environmental Pollution Control Act 1999, together with the implementing subsidiary legislation, seeks to minimise or mitigate …

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Innovation, Growth, And Dynamic Gains From Trade, Wen-Tai Hsu, Raymond G. Riezman, Ping Wang Nov 2019

Innovation, Growth, And Dynamic Gains From Trade, Wen-Tai Hsu, Raymond G. Riezman, Ping Wang

Research Collection School Of Economics

How large are the welfare gains from trade? Would such gains be significantly amplified in the long run when productivity is endogenously enhanced? To address these questions, we focus on the dynamic effect of trade, in particular, how trade affects the incentives for technological advancement. We construct an innovation-based endogenous growth model of North-South trade. There are two types of innovation: one by the North to upgrade the general purpose technology (GPT) and another by all countries to advance entrepreneurial knowledge for developing differentiated products. We find sizable welfare gains from trade, about 5.3% when compared to autarky. The gains …

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Strategically Simple Mechanisms, Tilman Börgers, Jiangtao Li Nov 2019

Strategically Simple Mechanisms, Tilman Börgers, Jiangtao Li

Research Collection School Of Economics

We define and investigate a property of mechanisms that we call "strategic simplicity," and that is meant to capture the idea that, in strategically simple mechanisms, strategic choices require limited strategic sophistication. We define a mechanism to be strategically simple if choices can be based on first-order beliefs about the other agents' preferences and first-order certainty about the other agents' rationality alone, and there is no need for agents to form higher-order beliefs, because such beliefs are irrelevant to the optimal strategies. All dominant strategy mechanisms are strategically simple. But many more mechanisms are strategically simple. In particular, strategically simple …

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Uncertainty, Depreciation And Industry Growth, Roberto Samaiego, Juliana Yu Sun Nov 2019

Uncertainty, Depreciation And Industry Growth, Roberto Samaiego, Juliana Yu Sun

Research Collection School Of Economics

When investment is irreversible, firms invest only when the mismatch between their productivity and their capital stock is large. This suggests that two factors should be related to the frequency of mismatch: volatility and capital depreciation. A canonical model of industry dynamics with investment irreversibility displays slow growth in times of high uncertainty, and decline is particularly pronounced in industries where capital depreciation is rapid. A differences-in-differences regression using industry growth data from a large sample of countries supports this result.

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Rationalizable Implementation Of Correspondences, Takashi Kunimoto, Roberto Serrano Nov 2019

Rationalizable Implementation Of Correspondences, Takashi Kunimoto, Roberto Serrano

Research Collection School Of Economics

A new condition, which we call uniform monotonicity, is shown to be necessary and almost sufficient for rationalizable implementation of corre-spondences. Uniform monotonicity is much weaker than Maskin monotonic-ity and reduces to it in the case of functions. Maskin monotonicity, the key condition for Nash implementation, had also been shown to be necessary for rationalizable implementation of social choice functions. Our conclusion is that the conditions for rationalizable implementation are not only starkly different from, but also much weaker than those for Nash implementation, when we consider social choice correspondences. Thus, dropping rational ex-pectations significantly expands the class of rules …

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A Demand And Supply Game Exploring Global Supply Chains, Bei Hong Nov 2019

A Demand And Supply Game Exploring Global Supply Chains, Bei Hong

Research Collection School Of Economics

In this article, the author describes a classroom experiment in which participants make decisions to achieve the lowest-cost production. Student volunteers acting as smartphone companies are provided with confidential information representing their own cost of production and are asked to make trade decisions to form a supply chain at the lowest possible cost. This interactive classroom experiment facilitates an understanding and appreciation of the basic demand and supply model. Students also explore the motivations, facilitators, and impediments of global supply chains. Suggestions are made to expand the game by incorporating more sophisticated models of the global supply chain, and also …

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From Professionals To Professional Mothers?: How College-Educated, Married Mothers Experience Unemployment In The Us, Aliya Hamid Rao Nov 2019

From Professionals To Professional Mothers?: How College-Educated, Married Mothers Experience Unemployment In The Us, Aliya Hamid Rao

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Unemployment influences life experiences and outcomes, but how it does so may be shaped by gender and parenthood. Because research on unemployment focuses on men’s experiences of unemployment, it presents as universal a process that may be gendered. This article asks: how do college-educated, heterosexual, married mothers experience involuntary unemployment? Drawing on in-depth interviews with unemployed mothers in the US, their husbands, and follow-up interviews, this article finds that the experience of job loss is tempered for mothers as they derive a culturally valued identity from motherhood which also anchors their lives. Husbands’ support emphasises that employment is one of …

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Quantifying Quality Specialization Across Space: Skills, Sorting, And Agglomeration, Pao-Li Chang, Angdi Lu, Xin Yi Nov 2019

Quantifying Quality Specialization Across Space: Skills, Sorting, And Agglomeration, Pao-Li Chang, Angdi Lu, Xin Yi

Research Collection School Of Economics

We quantify the supply-side determinants of quality specialization across space. Specifically, we complement the quality specialization literature in international trade and study how larger cities specialize in higher-quality goods within a country. In our general equilibrium model, firms in larger cities produce goods with higher quality, because agglomeration benefits accrue more to skilled workers who are also more efficient in upgrading quality. Two channels are at work in our model. The first channel is through the treatment effect of agglomeration, such that firms become more productive if they locate in a larger city. The second channel works through sorting, in …

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Are You Sugarcoating Your Feedback Without Realizing It?, Michael Schaerer, Roderick I. Swaab Oct 2019

Are You Sugarcoating Your Feedback Without Realizing It?, Michael Schaerer, Roderick I. Swaab

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Managers tend to inflate the feedback they give to their direct reports, particularly when giving bad news. And by presenting subpar performance more positively than they should, managers make it impossible for employees to learn, damaging their careers and, often, the company.

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Parametric Rationing With Uncertain Needs, Yan Long, Jingyi Xue Oct 2019

Parametric Rationing With Uncertain Needs, Yan Long, Jingyi Xue

Research Collection School Of Economics

We study resource allocation in the face of uncertain needs. We extend Young (1987)’s parametric rules to the uncertain context. We re-establish the axiomatic char-acterization of parametric rules and show the optimality of the rules.

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Artificial Intelligence, Real Impact, Singapore Management University Oct 2019

Artificial Intelligence, Real Impact, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

AI use in China continues to push innovation envelopes, but technology must be utilised and updated with expert advice

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Five Ways To Build Profits From Blockchain Enterprises, Singapore Management University Oct 2019

Five Ways To Build Profits From Blockchain Enterprises, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

Innovative Chinese companies are seeking a first-mover advantage

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The Role Of Social Trust In Times Of Crisis, Singapore Management University Oct 2019

The Role Of Social Trust In Times Of Crisis, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

Research shows social trust improves the resilience of firms to banking crises

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Creating Leaders For The Social Service Sector, Singapore Management University Oct 2019

Creating Leaders For The Social Service Sector, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

Pay issues and career prospects have hampered recruitment for social service organisations in Singapore. A scheme called Sun Ray helped address that issue

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To Transform Or Not To Transform: Academic Libraries In The Age Of Uncertainty, Gulcin Cribb Oct 2019

To Transform Or Not To Transform: Academic Libraries In The Age Of Uncertainty, Gulcin Cribb

Research Collection Library

No abstract provided.

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What’S In A Name? Industry 4.0 Or Fourth Industrial Revolution Or Digital Transformation, Gulcin Cribb Oct 2019

What’S In A Name? Industry 4.0 Or Fourth Industrial Revolution Or Digital Transformation, Gulcin Cribb

Research Collection Library

No abstract provided.

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Taking A Journey On Research Data Management In Singapore, Pin Pin Yeo, Danping Dong Oct 2019

Taking A Journey On Research Data Management In Singapore, Pin Pin Yeo, Danping Dong

Research Collection Library

The journey that SMU Libraries undertook for research data management is described.

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The Rise Of Open Scholarly Data & Possible Implications For Libraries, Aaron Tay Oct 2019

The Rise Of Open Scholarly Data & Possible Implications For Libraries, Aaron Tay

Research Collection Library

The idea of open access is familiar and in recent years there has been a lot of attention paid on the open access movement. Currently due to the rise of the new open scholarly metadata, a lot can be obtained using open data. For instance Title / author / abstract metadata is available in Crossref, references are freely available via many sources such as Crossref itself, Microsoft Academic, Pubmed and Altmetrics data is available via the Crossref Event data. What are the implications for libraries and what is the arc of scholarly communication towards open?

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Handmade With Love, Anna Lim Oct 2019

Handmade With Love, Anna Lim

Research Collection Institute of Service Excellence (2007-2024)

Anna Lim of The Soup Spoon discusses the importance of investing in staff engagement and keeping true to your brand DNA.

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Augmenting Healthcare, Wai Mun Lim Oct 2019

Augmenting Healthcare, Wai Mun Lim

Research Collection Institute of Service Excellence (2007-2024)

Lim Wai Mun of Doctor Anywhere weighs in the importance of customer education and persistence when dealing with a conservative market.

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Navigating Conversational Flows, Abhilash Murthy Oct 2019

Navigating Conversational Flows, Abhilash Murthy

Research Collection Institute of Service Excellence (2007-2024)

Abhilash Murthy of Bus Uncle explains the importance in developing a delightful user experience in the realm of chatbot design.

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Unpacking A Sustainable Concept, Florence Tay Oct 2019

Unpacking A Sustainable Concept, Florence Tay

Research Collection Institute of Service Excellence (2007-2024)

Florence Tay, Co-Founder of UnPackt, breaks down how community building and education can lead to a more enduring zero-waste journey.

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Getting Personal, Ching Yann Ho Oct 2019

Getting Personal, Ching Yann Ho

Research Collection Institute of Service Excellence (2007-2024)

Ho Ching Yann of Triceratops shares how being candid and sincere with customers sets her apart from the competition.

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Practising Empathy, Kate Low Oct 2019

Practising Empathy, Kate Low

Research Collection Institute of Service Excellence (2007-2024)

Kate Low of Perk by Kate talks about how prioritising customer relationships has kept her at the forefront of Singapore’s lingerie scene.

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Creating Conversations, Sharon Tan Oct 2019

Creating Conversations, Sharon Tan

Research Collection Institute of Service Excellence (2007-2024)

Sharon Tan of The Projector speaks about the privilege of amplifying community voices through diverse programming.

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Service For Millenials, Joan Chang Oct 2019

Service For Millenials, Joan Chang

Research Collection Institute of Service Excellence (2007-2024)

Joan Chang of Lloyd’s Inn relates the importance of branding for a younger audience and the changing landscape of service in boutique hospitality.

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Repackaging Convenience, Min Ling Leow Oct 2019

Repackaging Convenience, Min Ling Leow

Research Collection Institute of Service Excellence (2007-2024)

Leow Min Ling of Anthony The Spice Maker reflects on updating her family business to preserve Singapore’s traditional flavours.

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Scaling For The Masses, Junting Ang Oct 2019

Scaling For The Masses, Junting Ang

Research Collection Institute of Service Excellence (2007-2024)

Ang Junting of Hai Sia Seafood traces the journey of updating a traditional business in a demanding trade to attract and retain talent.

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Inferring Accurate Bus Trajectories From Noisy Estimated Arrival Time Records, Lakmal Meegahapola, Noel Athaide, Kasthuri Jayarajah, Shili Xiang, Archan Misra Oct 2019

Inferring Accurate Bus Trajectories From Noisy Estimated Arrival Time Records, Lakmal Meegahapola, Noel Athaide, Kasthuri Jayarajah, Shili Xiang, Archan Misra

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Urban commuting data has long been a vital source of understanding population mobility behaviour and has been widely adopted for various applications such as transport infrastructure planning and urban anomaly detection. While individual-specific transaction records (such as smart card (tap-in, tap-out) data or taxi trip records) hold a wealth of information, these are often private data available only to the service provider (e.g., taxicab operator). In this work, we explore the utility in harnessing publicly available, albeit noisy, transportation datasets, such as noisy “Estimated Time of Arrival" (ETA) records (commonly available to commuters through transit Apps or electronic signages). We …

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