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Food insecurity and sustainability are huge global challenges. Yet research suggests that farmers, retailers and consumers reject up to 40% of the food we produce because it simply looks unattractive.
New research published by Singapore Management University looks at the psychology behind consumers’ behaviour and how to mitigate its effects.
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Companies and businesses generally exist to create wealth. Yet, increasingly over the past three decades, companies have come to regard Corporate Social Responsibility programmes as an important bottom-line measure.
Associate Professor Alwyn Lim from Singapore Management University and Shawn Pope from Léonard de Vinci Pôle Universitaire dig into the underlying motivators that propel…
Forecasts project that there will be around 100 million electric vehicles on the roads in the next few decades. With that additional electricity demand, it’s important to consider how we are going to be able to charge electric vehicles.
Dr Zhou from Singapore Management University and colleagues propose an innovative business model for utility firms to meet the stress of electric…
For members of The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), festivals are used to promote a concept known as “the ASEAN Way”: respecting each other’s sovereignty, non-interference in the internal affairs of one another, and peaceful settlements of disputes.
In his most recent paper, Dr David Ocón of Singapore Management Universitylooks at how Southeast Asian nations have used…
Innovation is an important driver for increasing a firms profit margins. However, short-term expenses in the innovation process, with a short product life cycle common among highly innovative leaps, makes it very difficult to predict demand. This can make investors wary.
Dr. Sterling Huang and colleagues look into how the balance between a company and its investors can shift with…
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) represent around 90% of businesses and more than 50% of worldwide employment. Despite their economic relevance, most insolvency jurisdictions fail to provide an adequate response for MSMEs in insolvency.
Professor Gurrea Martínez of Singapore Management University is an expert in insolvency and business restructuring and his recent work…
Blockchain technology and smart contracts, the backbone of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Doge and more, is a method of recording and storing electronic information, such as financial transactions, in a way that they are either impossible or difficult to alter. In short, a digital permanent record.
But if a smart contract has mistakes or bugs in its code that can be…
There are said to be 50 million people living with dementia globally and this is expected to triple by 2050.
Research conducted by Dr Hwajin Yang, Associate Professor at Singapore Management University, and colleagues, examines how the risk of developing dementia is affected by one’s sense of loneliness and sense of control.
Read the original paper:https://doi.org/10.1080/…