SMU economics professor Augustine Tan argued that a minimum wage would distract from the main issue: raising skills and productivity. On the other side of the fence, businessman and [SMU chairman] Ho…
On Dec 1, Dr Terence Kealey, vice chancellor of the University of Buckingham, suggested the Singapore Government should stop funding universities except for expensive courses such as medicine. Ernest…
As Singapore's economy powers ahead at full steam this year, the income gap between the top and bottom earners continues to widen. Professor Augustine Tan, an economics professor at the SMU comments…
Ernest Tan, a first-year economics student at SMU, suggested using the mass media to raise awareness of anorexia and recommends that the local media educate viewers about the consequences of anorexia…
Like academics as well as prominent citizens such as Professor Tommy Koh and [SMU chairman] Mr Ho Kwon Ping, SMU Professor of Economics (Practice) Augustine Tan is concerned about the widening income…
Israel's success in innovation led 34 undergraduates from Singapore Management University to investigate the socio-cultural factors behind Israeli enterprises' innovation and competitive strategies…
Third-year economics undergraduate Glenn Lim praised SMU for its alumni whose businesses regularly provide internships for those who wish to learn the ropes of starting a new business. He also…
SMU 1st -year economics student Ernest Tan joins a discussion on whether schools should issue guidelines on using the internet to their students.
Management courses in Singapore are of interest to Indian students. Fourth-year student Sohal Sardana, who's pursuing a double degree in Bachelor of Science (Economics) and Bachelor of Business…
Singapore has more women than men and the gap has widened in the last 10 years, a change some experts say can be partly attributed to immigration. SMU Assistant Professor of Economics Davin Chor said…