Davin Chor, Assistant Professor of the School of Economics answers the question, “Given the current global economic outlook, what can SMEs do to adapt to the uncertain and volatile environment? Where…
A review of a speech by [SMU Chairman] Mr Ho Kwon Ping at an Institute of Policy Studies seminar this month. He argued that the wages of workers in the services sector lag behind others' because of…
Singapore’s vaunted style of pragmatic, efficient government – credited with fueling the city-state’s meteoric rise to prosperity over the last four decades – may have lost some verve. As decades of…
Singapore companies expect to continue hiring in spite of the poor global economic outlook, according to a survey by Kelly Services. However, unemployment may creep up if Singapore’s economic growth…
According to Kelly Services, the best option for firms would be to keep 80% of their staff as permanent employees and the remaining on a flexible work regime given the ongoing uncertainty in the…
The SKBI-MasterCard Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations, which was jointly developed by Dr Aurobindo GHOSH and Professor Jun YU from SMU Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics, and…
A new index to track the general public's perception of how prices change was launched yesterday by MasterCard and SMU. The first of its kind here, the Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations (…
Ernest Tan, second year Economics student at SMU is among the three Youthink writers, who discussed that all students should get the best facilities to excel and grow.
Professor Bryce Hool assumes the Deanship of the School of Economics with effect from January 1, 2012. Prof Hool has served in senior management and leadership positions at universities in the US…
Mr Teo Tian Chong, an economics major from SMU will be spending his next semester at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). To the 23-year-old, the local programme is attractive partly because only…
