Governance in professional service firms. by Brennwald, Alex Willy.

“…This paper aims to deliver new insights into the field of governance in professional service firms by bringing together and comparing the latest theoretical as well as practical findings and furthermore to provide recommendations for both practitioners and scholars. …”
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Optimising resources in management of maintenance : a study using electrical (building) services. by Chian, Thian Shian.

“…A three-months field trial followed and its data subsequently analyzed. Findings reveal the usefulness of this enhanced framework and its significant value when used within the 3-E model for an investor (or a building's owner) to compute, monitor and control the maintenance budget to achieve cost-effectiveness.…”
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Estimating outstanding claims reserves using copula. by Kee, Meng Yew., Chee, Kenny Wen Kai., Kuah, Xin Kun.

“…The copula method is then evaluated and compared with the chain ladder method based on a real data set. The findings show that the estimated outstanding claims reserves using the copula method is closer to the actual outstanding claims paid out compared to the Chain Ladder Method. …”
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Empirical evidence of benefits associated with overseas listings : Chinese companies listed in Singapore Stock Exchange by Apolinar, Christened Rikki Suarez, Toh, Shu Wen, Lim, Wei Liang

“…Empirical evidence is used to quantify the benefits and determine if the benefits in foreign listing exceeds that of local listing. Literature findings suggest that there should be measurable benefits for companies domiciled in China to list in the Singapore Exchange as compared to Chinese Exchanges. …”
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Business models for the base of the pyramid : how multinational corporations compete in a low-income environment by Diego Koenig

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How do occupation stereotypes influence memory? : investigating the effects of stereotype consistency/inconsistency, stereotype valence and perspective taking. by Ng, Jing Xuan.

“…This study provides novel findings regarding mechanisms governing stereotypes and memory. …”
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Do you know what I'm thinking about? Examining children's mental states understanding in conversations with peers. by Ho, SiRong.

“…There was also an increase in reference to children’s own mental states from 3 to 5 years old, suggesting a deeper mental-states understanding. Findings were discussed in relation to children’s ToM development as a universal phenomenon.…”
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Evaluation of the music collection at the National Institute of Education Library by Yu, Bee Lian.

“…It lacks coverage in its collection of core music materials, this as revealed in its low percentage of holdings when selected chapters from the Basic Music Library were checked against the Library's holdings. The findings also show that although the Library supports the Institute which focuses on education, it only has holdings for 25.5% for all the book review titles taken from 121 issues of the Music Educators Journal. …”
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Dance : negotiating emotion through motion. by Chua, Nina Tsai Tse Pei.

“…Identifying dancers as performers who have to elicit various emotions for performances, data was collected through dance journals, interviews, focus group discussion, and participant observation through taking of dance classes, observing rehearsals and partaking in a dance concert. Findings indicate firstly, that dancers portray emotions through bodily movements and this portrayal is a reflection of their response to their understanding of society; this tends to reproduce typifications. …”
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The optimal debt structure : economic experimental analysis on the impact of liquidation policy and credit history by Zhang, Yaping, Chen, Feng, Li, Li

“…Realizing this concern, our paper aims to use experimental tools to trace human behavior in the application of theoretical findings under Optimal Debt Structure framework. By closely monitoring and analyzing the experimental data obtained in 3 separate treatments, we find the optimal liquidation probability acceptable by both debtors and creditors in general is consistent with the theoretical predictions. …”
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Perceptions of hip-hop dance. by Swee, Daren Jin Quan.

“…In addition, there was high possibility that extrinsic motivation (vs. intrinsic motivation) of the dancer would lead dancers to emphasize on the extrinsic (vs. intrinsic) aspects of the dance. Lastly, findings also supported the hypothesis that dancers who perceive hip-hop to be more similar to the host culture as compared to the local culture, will emphasize the intrinsic aspects of the dance.…”
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An algorithm for a dynamically reconstituting portfolio of U.S. equity mutual funds to outperform the S&P 500 by Anthony, Fernandes Victor

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Just the two of us : human-object relationships in consumer culture by Lai, Junjie

“…A total of 12 in-depth interviews were conducted with young, unmarried Singaporeans. Findings generally show that respondents went through several common stages during the development of relations with consumer objects. …”
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Development of SX chart for quality control by Ng, Charmaine Xue Ming.

“…The performance of the charts is compared over a range of process mean shifts, and for three different specified values of minimum allowable ATS0 (average time a false alarm is signalled). The findings from the comparative study revealed that the SX chart largely outperforms the Shewhart xbar chart. …”
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Relationship between emotional intelligence and past involvement in co-curricular activity by Adzim Khairunnashier Tamrin

“…The results suggest that, during secondary school years, participants in student associations have a significantly higher level of EI in later years than participants who took up sports as their CCA. Findings in this research are discussed in reference to the investment model of EI development (Zeidner, Matthews, Roberts, & MacCann, 2003) and the intentional change theory (Boyatzis, 2006), followed by limitations faced in this research and directions for future research.…”
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ESG reporting in Singapore by Sim, Chai Ying, Jiang, Weiying, Lim, Daryl Ming Wei

“…This study seeks to advance the sustainability reporting scene in Singapore by shedding some light on the extent of reporting in Singapore whilst in the process, tailor a guideline that is more suited to the local scene. From our findings and refined reporting criteria, firms will have a benchmark to move toward and be able to better convey their actions to investors. …”
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Factors influencing singaporean youth travellers' purchase intention of travel accommodation. by Yeo, Jia Wei., Ho, Yan Yi., Lee, Lynnette Min Hui.

“…This study concludes with the implications of the findings and our recommendations for future research.…”
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A case study research on Carrefour's foreign investments in South Korea and Japan by Wang, Yue, Jiang, Lin, Wang, Jie

“…It explains how Carrefour failed to attain isomorphism as a result of not conforming to the Pillars framework. Based on the findings, several managerial implications are proposed in order to achieve success in future investments.…”
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Accounting for intangible assets by Ang, Hock Leong, Choo, Beng Lor, Koy, Su Hiang

“…However, due to insufficient disclosure of identifiable intangible assets in annual reports, the hypothesis testing was carried out for goodwill accounting only. The findings revealed that only size of the company had an influence on the accounting treatment adopted for goodwill.…”
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Moving online - exploring the effects of online communication on social interactions. by Goh, Gloria Yu Yu.

“…Additionally, respondents find online interaction on social media to lack a quality of communication that offline interaction provides.…”
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