Singapore, 31 May 2023 (Wednesday) – Singapore stands as the world’s fourth most digitally competitive country[1], with 99 per cent of its households having Internet access. Yet the nation’s older adults remain outpaced by younger generations in terms of digital ownership, usage and literacy.
Singapore, 29 May 2023 – Volunteers at different life stages have different resources, responsibilities and motivations. This finding, which was established in a new study titled "Transforming the Volunteer Experience in the Social Service Sector", highlights that this understanding is critical when managing volunteers so that the volunteering experience can be enhanced.
Singapore, 19 May 2023 (Friday) - SMU Academy (SMUA) and the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) Centre for Lifelong Education announced today that they will partner to offer two new Advanced Certificate programmes in Arts Management and Design Literacy for Marketing. This marks the first-ever collaboration between NAFA and a local Institute of Higher Learning to deliver continuing education and training (CET) programmes that synthesise arts, design and business.
Singapore, 15 May 2023 (Monday) – A new study by the Singapore Management University (SMU) examines the effects of equity analysts’ social skills on their performance and career advancements and finds significant and positive effects of social skills. The findings support the growing importance of social skills, for which there is still no good substitute in the age of artificial intelligence, and highlights the importance of social skills training in school and workplace.
Singapore, 12 May 2023 (Friday) – Singapore Management University’s School of Accountancy (新加坡管理大学会计学院) Associate Professor Seow Poh Sun (副教授萧宝山) has received the prestigious American Accounting Association’s (AAA) Outstanding Accounting Educator Award 2023.
Singapore, 12 May 2023 – The number of persons in Singapore living with dementia is expected to increase to 152,000 by 2030[1], with one in two admitting they feel less competent than they did before being diagnosed with the condition. This was established in a new nationwide study conducted by Singapore Management University (SMU), in which 60 per cent of persons with dementia also say they are regarded as less competent than usual.
Singapore, 8 May 2023 (Monday) – Researchers from Singapore Management University (SMU) have been recognised for their study on ‘Augmented Reality in Retail and Its Impact on Sales’ (Volume 86, Issue 1) and honoured with the 2022 AMA/Marketing Science Institute/H. Paul Root Award.
Singapore, 28 April 2023 (Friday) – The fourth annual Elite Quality Index 2023 (EQx) report with an expanded set of 134 indicators (up from 120 indicators in 2022) examines the roles of elites and whether they create or extract value from their nations. In a year characterised by an unprecedented rise in inflation, the implementation of massive COVID-19 fiscal support packages and war in Europe, EQx provides a revealing picture of the state of world affairs.
Singapore, 17 April, 2023 (Monday)
These are the research findings of the 47th round of the DBS-SKBI Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations (SInDEx) Survey at the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI), Singapore Management University (SMU).
Singapore, 11 April 2023 (Tuesday) – The Institute of Service Excellence (ISE) at the Singapore Management University (SMU) (新大卓越服务研究院) today released the Finance and Insurance industry sectors’ findings from the Customer Satisfaction Index of Singapore (CSISG) 2022 national study.