Three guys open new-concept nail parlour with food and shopping thrown in

Three SMU business graduates – Huang Xiang Jin, Chen Zhu En and Zhou Jie Ting – have come together to set up Manicurious, a new-concept nail parlour…

New tactics to revitalise a brand: Gillette’s ‘Shave India Movement’

Director of the Centre for Marketing Excellence at SMU and Professor of Marketing Srinivas K Reddy and Case Writer at SMU Christopher Dula wrote…

Ma Jian chooses exile to preserve integrity

About 100 people attended an hour-long discussion at SMU on the topic, The Writer in a Country’s Intellectual Life, on Saturday. It was one of more…

Vietnamese studying and starting businesses in Singapore

SMU undergraduates Duong Hoang Viet (Viet) and Nguyen Dinh Hong Duong (Duong) are among the growing group of Vietnamese who have come to Singapore to…

Studying the Science Of Happiness

SMU Associate Professor of Psychology Christie Napa Scollon, an expert on the topic of subjective wellbeing, or happiness, is especially keen to…

Tackling the Urbanisation Crunch

SMU Associate Professor of Information Systems Lau Hoong Chuin is redefining the field of urban logistics, the study of goods and services…

A SARS-like early warning system for financial crises

Director of the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics at SMU and Professor of Economics and Finance Yu Jun, and Distinguished Term Professor…

SMU advocates innovation as a driving force for business success

Businesses in India are faced with grim head-winds on many fronts – roller coaster economies, slower sales growth rates, credit crunch, rising costs…

China story... and that 'party' line

Journalist Peh Shing Heui’s book, When The Party Ends – China’s Leaps And Stumbles After The Beijing Olympics, was launched at SMU on Saturday during…

Tammy's adopter faces legal action from volunteer

SMU Associate Professor of Law Eugene Tan feared that “the contract may result in fewer dogs being adopted because prospective adopters may not…