Research & Publications
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Funded Research Projects

 

The list of Funded Research Projects approved in 2004/2005/2006/2007/2008

 

 

Accounting

 FY

Principal Investigator

Amount Approved (S$)

Project Title

2008

Miao Bin

14,000.00

Book-to-Market Ratio of FSR Firms

2007

Chen, Vincent

29,500.00

On the Association between Goodwill Impairment and Concurrent Abnormal Accruals

2007

Keung, Edmund

18,496.00

Delay in Earnings Announcements, Information Asymmetry, and Liquidity

2007

Li Yan

47,700.00  

Investigate how Financial Reports are Managed, with the Effect of Financial Reporting Regulations, and Corporate Governance

2007

Loh, Alfred


Co-PI: Miao Bin

48,000.00

The Costs and Benefits of Accounting Conservatism to Companies' Equity and Debt Holders

2007

Shih, Michael

8,000.00

Shareholder Characteristics and Accruals Manipulation to Meet Earnings Targets

2005

Ho Yew Kee

38,300.00

Earnings Restatement - Can Management Fool the Market?

2005

Shih, Michael

8,000.00

Manipulations of R&D Expenditures to Avoid Reporting Losses
  

 

Business Policy  

 

FY

Principal Investigator

Amount Approved (S$)

Project Title

2008

Chang Sea-Jin

175,000.00

Foreign Direct Investment, Technology Spillover, and the Multinational Enterprises' Global Strategy in Asia

2008

Chang Sea-Jin

Co-PI: Mahmood, Ishtiaq

130,000.00

POGI: Research Program on Organizations, Governance and Institutions

2008

Fu Qiang

External Collaborator: Tilman Klummpp

14,000.00

The Application of Information Economics 

2008

Hsieh Kai-Yu

40,000.00 

Exploring the Interfirm Competitive Networks

2008

Lu Wenzhen, Jane

27,470.00

Business Group Affiliation, Diversification and Firm Performance

 2008

Png, Ivan 

 

Co-PI: Wong Poh Kam

62,000.00

Research Program in Innovation Strategy and Entrepreneurship (RISE)

 2008

Toh Mun Heng

15,000.00

Environmental Economic Policy and Its Impact on Industrial Organization & Business Strategy

2007

Chatterjee, Partha S

29,500.00

Trade, Growth, Convergence and Diversification

2007

Delios, Andrew 

 

Co-PI: Dieleman, Marleen

 35,895.00

Comparative Corporate Biographies: Family Business Groups in the Face of institutional Change

2007

Lu Wenzhen, Jane

30,465.00  

The Overseas Listing of Chinese Firms

2007

Trinh, Kim-Chi Wakefield 

 

Co-PI: Boyle, Elizabeth

64,100.00

A Study of the Effects of Privatization on Firm Performance in Vietnam

2006

Chung Jaiho

9,000.00

Network as a Nexus of Complementary and Substituting Relationships

2006

Delios, Andrew 

 

Co-PI: Udayasankar Krishna

19,500.00

Corporate Governance in Knowledge-Intensive Firms

2006

Hwang, Peter

15,800.00

The Value-adding of Venture Capital to IPO Firms in Singapore

2006

Kim Young-Choon

36,200.00

The Performance of University Technology Transfer Programs: A Longitudinal Analysis of the U.S. Research Universities 1990-2003

2006

Lu Xiaohui

 

 

36,092.00

The Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Networks and New Venture Performance in US and China

2006

Png, Ivan

29,000.00

Information Security, Quantitative Modelling, Empirical Studies

2006

Singh, Kulwant 

 

Collaborator: Zheng Weiting

27,500.00

 

Strategy and Firm Success in Asia

2006

Trinh, Kim-Chi Wakefield 

 

External Collaborator: IM, Ghiyoung & XIE, Xuanli

54,997.00

Organizational Memory: The Moderating Effects of Incentives on the Performance Benefits of Information from People and Technology

2006

Xu, Hongwei

44,840.00  

Organizational Diversity and Cultural Entrepreneurship in U.S. Communities 1870-1999

2005

Chatterjee, Partha

  

Co-PI: Shukayer Malik

16,815.00

A Study on Volatility of Growth Rates Across Countries

2005

Delios, Andrew 

 

Co-PI: Udayasankar Krishna

6,500.00

 

An Investigation of the Effects of Global, Country & Industry Factors on Firm Corporate Governance

 

 

2005

Fu Qiang 

 

Co-PI: Day Soma

25,000.00

R&D Competition with Endogenous Knowledge Spillover

2004

Chandran, Ravi

4,914.00

Labour Law in Singapore

2004

Delios, Andrew

23,300.00

International Expansion Strategies of Japanese Firms

2004

Fang, Christina

27,000.00

Are the Best Firms Good? A Bayesian Analysis of Sustained Competitive Advantage

2004

Lim Kwang Hui

19,320.00

Incentives of Developers in Open Source Development

2004

Mahood, Ishtiaq

15,000.00

Effects of Intra-Organizational Ties on Innovation in Multi-Business Firms

2004

Yayavaram, Sai

9,500.00

Organization of Economic Activity and Firm Scope: The Role of Computational Complexity
 

  

Decision Sciences  

 

FY

Principal Investigator

Amount Approved (S$)

Project Title

2008

Ang, James

45,000.00

SCM Competition for Product with Short Life Cycle

2008

Teo Ching Piaw


Collaborator: Liu Qizhang

52,665.00

Combinatorial Exchange: Development of Transport Exchange Market in Singapore

2008

Teo, Thompson

20,500.00

Knowledge Management in Business-Vendor Relationship

2008

Wang Tong

40,000.00

Competition and Supply Chain Management

2007

Chen, Lucy 

 

Collaborator: Gavirneni Srinagesh

49,000.00

The Effectiveness of Scheduled Ordering Policies in Decentralized Distribution Supply Chains

2007

Sum Chee Chuong

 7,600.00

Impact of ISO 9000 Quality Management Standard on Supply Chain of Business Performance

2006

Wu Yaozhong 

 

Collaborator: Loch Christoph H.

53,100.00

Behavioural Research on Social Interactions and Operations Management

 

 

 2005

Sim Soon Suan, Melvyn

 71,400.00

A Unifying Framework of Stochastic Optimization and Robust

2005

Sum Chee Chuong

9,300.00

Impact of Fit between Environmental Uncertainty, Business Strategy and Manufacturing Strategy on Performance

2005

Teo Sian Hin, Thompson

 9,990.00

Information Technology Implementation in India: Issues and Challenges

2005

Teo Sian Hin, Thompson

44,400.00

New Information Technologies: Implementation and Impact at the Organizational, National and International Levels

 2004

Ang, James

 41,200.00

Revenue Management & Optimization for Shipping Industry

2004

Chou Cheng Feng, Mabel

36,675.00

Contract Design in Supply Chain Management

 2004

Hwarng Hsingliang, Brian

 19,600.00

A Hybrid Approach to Modelling Supply Chain Dynamics

2004

So Kut Cheung, Rick 

 

Co-PI: Ou Jihong

19,700.00

 

Effective Component Management in Assemble-To-Order Systems

 

 2004

Sim Soon Suan, Melvyn

 21,000.00

Robust Optimization: A Tractable Approach to Optimization under Uncertainty 

2004

Soh Pek Hooi

36,868.80

The Diversification Strategy of Venture Capital Firms

 2004

Teo Sian Hin, Thompson

 17,500.00

An Examination of Factors Affecting SCM/E-Procurement Practices 

2004

Ye Hengqing

52,475.00

Performance Analysis of Stochastic Networks with Concurrent resources
  

 

Finance

 

FY


Principal Investigator

Amount Approved (S$)

Project Title

2008

Duong Xuan Truong

40,000.00

The Contribution of Mutual Funds to the Subprime Financial Crisis

2008

Kang Wen Jin 

 

External Collaborator: Chi Wei

33,500.00

The Study of Liquidity, Short-sale Constraint, and Returns in Emerging Markets

2008

Qian Wenlan

40,000.00

Trading and Return Dynamics

2007

Adam, Tim

48,944.00

The Determinants of Corporate Speculation

2007

Hrnjic, Emir

56,900.00

The Value of Information in Cross-Listing

2007

Main, G Mujtaba 

 

Co-PI: Sangkaraguruswamy Srinivasan

25,000.00

 

Investor Sentiment and Stock Market Response to Corporate News

2006

Ahn, Seoungpil

40,700.00

Dynamics of the Diversification Discount

2006

Hameed, Allaudeen

40,000.00

Determinants of Liquidity

2006

Li, Nan 

 

Collaborator: Kang Wenjin

34,200.00

Time Variation in Value Premium and Intangible Risk

2006

Naqvi, Hassan

23,525.00

The Interlinkages between Asset Prices and Banking

2006

Qian Meijun 

 

External Collaborator: Allen Franklin

47,500.00

1. Corporate Governance in Private Firms.

 

2. Stale Prices and the Performance Evaluation of Mutual Funds

2006

Zhang Weina

72,000.00

Analysis of Systematic Risk in Corporate Bonds

2005

Cheng Nam Sang

9,797.00

Benefits of Mandatory Disclosure

2005

Kang Wenjin 

 

Co-PI: Hameed Allaudeen

36,900.00

 

The Study of the Mechanism of Liquidity Provision and Liquidity Crisis in Developed and Emerging Markets

 

 

2005

Lee, Inmoo 

 

Co-PI: Sequeira, John M.

34,906.00

Insider Trading and the Impact of Corporate Restrictions

2005

Srinivasan, Anand

48,000.00

Relationship Lending: Benefits to Borrowers and Banks

 2005

 Yamada, Takeshi

 31,500.00

Interaction between Corporations and Government in Japan: Managerial Incentives and Firm

2004

Fong Wai Mun

30,000.00

A Stochastic Dominance Analysis of Momentum Strategies

2004

Hameed, Allaudeen

29,000.00

Effect of Security Analyst in Financial Markets

2004

Kang Wenjing

55,620.00

The Study of Limit Order, Liquidity, and Return

2004

Lee, Inmoo

43,309.00

Earnings Manipulation and Performance of Share Repurchasing Firms

2004

Naqvi, Hassan

24,965.00

An Alternative Rationalization for the Use of Convertible Debt

2004

Mian, Mujtaba

49,000.00

Differential Response of Small and Large Investors to Analysts' Target Prices

2004

Wang Chang Yun

9,900.00

Individual Investor Behaviour and Asset Pricing in China's Stock Market
 

  

Marketing

 

FY

Principal Investigator

Amount Approved (S$)

Project Title

2008

Chu Junhong

28,700.00

School Choice Mechanisms under Aggregate Capacity Constraint and Incomplete Information: An Experimental Study

2008

Chu Junhong

32,000.00

An Empirical Analysis of Household Online and Offline Behavior in Grocery Shopping

2008

Hung, Wai Ping Iris

40,000.00

The Role of Self-focused Attention in Consumer Judgment

2008

Li Xiuping

29,800.00

Consumer Judgment of Product Efficacy

2008

Wirtz, Jochen 

 

External Collaborator: Chew, Patricia

15,540.00

A STUDY ON REFERRAL REWARD PROGRAMS: Effects of Incentives, Metaperception and Tie Strength on Recommendation Behavior

2008

Xiao Ping

40,000.00

The Optimal Three-Part Tariff Pricing

2008

Xiao Ping 

 

External Collaborator: Feng Tian

30,701.00

How do Financial Market Incentives Affect Advertising Activities?

2007

Chu Junhong

43,559.38

An Empirical Study of Nation, Firm & Brand Equity in the Personal Computer Market

2007

Yeung, Catherine

57,760.00

Affective & Heuristic Processes in Consumer Decision Making: How do consumers apprehend product information in an intuitive, spontaneous, or experiential way

2006

Chong Juin Kuan

37,600.00

Alternative Search and Evaluation in Consumer Decision Making

2006

Chu Junhong 

 

External Collaborators: Chintagunta Pradeep & Manchanda Puneet

69,648.00

An Empirical Study of Warranties in the Server Market

2006

Krishnan, Trichy 

 

Collaborator: Suman Ann Thomas

22,500.00

 

Analysing the Pentration and Share Growth of New FMCG

 

 

2006

Li Xiuping 

 

External Collaborator: Soman, Dilip

38,500.00

The Role of Time Preference in Consumer Choice

2006

Li Xiuping 

 

External Collaborator: Soman, Dilip

23,400.00

Incentive Value of Feedback Information in A Consumer Loyalty Program

2006

Lim Wei Shi

  

Co-PI: Lee Yih Hwai

 

Collaborator: Tan Soo Jiuan
9,500.00 Optimal Auction Format from the Seller's Perspective

2006

Surendra Rajiv 

 

Co-PI: Chu Junhong

41,745.00

 

Firm Behaviour and Consumer Welfare in Two-sided Markets: Insights from Home Video Game Industry

2005

Lee Yih Hwai 

 

Co-PI: Kum, Doreen
9,000.00 The Brand Personalities of Functional and Symbolic Products: A Categorization Perspective

2005

Leong Siew Meng 

 

Co-PI: Kum, Doreen

9,000.00

 

Brand Personality: A Determinant of Extension Success

 

 

2005

Yeung, Catherine

43,200.00

The Duration Heuristic

2004

Krishnan, Trichy

18,500.00

Optimal Investment Decision and Diffusion

2004

Lwin, May

39,888.00

Privacy and the Consumer: Marketing Issues and Conerns
 

 

Management and Organisation  

 

FY

Principal Investigator

Amount Approved (S$)

Project Title

2008

Arvey, Richard D. 


Co-PI: Zhaoli Song

41,914.00

 

Food Culture, Food Choice and Wellbeing of Employees in Organizations

2008

Arvey, Richard D. 

22,186.00

Job Demands, Recovery, and Employee Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Examination

2008

Arvey, Richard D. 

18,000.00

Proposed Visitors for Centre for Human Capital Excellence Initiative

2008

Chung Chi Nien

43,760.00

Familism as an Institution in Emerging Economies: The Antecedents and Consequences of multi-dimensionality and Loose Coupling in Corporate Governance and Firm Performance

2008

Lehman, David W.

40,000.00

Understanding Selectivity of Role Violations by Organizations

2008

Lim, Sandy

40,000.00

The Impact of Incivility in the Workplace

2008

Park Sangchan

56,000.00

The Role of (de-) Categorization in the Diffusion of Multiple Practices

2008

Song Zhaoli


Co-PI: Lim, Vivien

53,400.00

Job Search, Job Interview, and Affective Experiences of College Graduates

2008

Song Zhaoli


Co-PI: Saw Seang Mei

53,600.00

An Event Sampling and Genomic Study on Affective Dynamics between Couples

2007

Wang, Cynthia

74,469.00

Punishing Deception and Rewarding Honesty: Understanding Key Moderating and Mediating Factors

2006

Arvey, Richard D.

 

Collaborator: Zyphur, Michael J.

29,005.00

Examining the Genetic Components of Organizational Leadership

2006

Narayanan, Jayanth

 

Co-PI: Zyphur, Michael J.

13,100.00

 

Group Process and Innovation in the R&D Teams of a Large Pharmaceutical Firm

 

 

2006

Narayanan, Jayanth

 

External Collaborator: Pillutla Madan

44,750.00

Trust and Reciprocity in Interpersonal Interactions

2006

McAllister, Daniel

 

Co-PI: Sankalp Chaturvedi

38,899.00

 

The Self-Regulating of Organisational Citizenship Behaviour: Understanding the Effects of Personality (Promotion- versus Prevention-focused Self Regulation) and Decision Framing ( Deciding to "Proffer" or "Withhold") on Organisational Citizenship Behaviour

2006

Song Zhaoli

 

Co-PI: Wu Pei Chuan

 

Collaborator: Tong Yew Kwan

34,674.00

An empirical study on work-family-cross-boundary behaviors

2006

Zyphur, Michael J.

 

External Collaborator: Lawrence Barbara S.

20,700.00

 

Examining Social Relationships and Faultlines in Organizations with Latent Class Analysis

 

 

2006

Zyphur, Michael J.

 

Co-PI: Narayanan Jayanth

40,600.00

Testosterone and Leader Emergence in Small Groups

2005

Boyle, Elizabeth

 

Co-PI: Zur Shapira

50,360.00

Part I: Test of the March & Shapira Variable Risk Preferences Model.                                              
Part II: What does having a Hot-hand Mean to Fans?

2005

Foo Maw Der

36,855.00

Dynamic Coping Study Using a Multi-wave Panel Design

2005

Lim Ghee Soon

31,800.00

Organizational Citizenship Behavior at the Individual and Group Level: A Longitudinal Study in Singapore

2005

Lim, Vivien

58,000.00

Managing Workplace Deviance

2005

McAllister, Daniel

 

10,000.00

The Antecedents and Consequences of Organization-Based Self Esteem: A Meta-Analytic Study

2004

Chia, Audrey

7,559.00

Burnout and Work-Family Conflict among Business Travellers

2004

Chung Chi Nien

26,675.00

Guanxi Succession and Performance of Taiwanese Business groups 1974-2000

2004

Kowtha, Rao

13,682.00

Knowledge Acquisition and Newcomer Socialization: A Study of Medical & Law Graduates

2004

 

Song Zhaoli

58,263.00

 

Understanding the "Roller Coaster" of Job Search Experience: A Daily Repeated Measure Study