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An overwhelming 79 percent of procurement professionals surveyed in a new report released today believe that digital disruption will not significantly disrupt the organizational role of procurement.

Thailand and Singapore retain first and second rankings respectively.

Singtel and CapitaLand Mall Trust remain at the top of their categories in this year’s SGTI results.

A new study by the NUS Business School has found that homeowners who have made a windfall in the housing market tend to shirk more in the workplace, which subsequently affects labour productivity and economic growth.

Gender diversity on boards has a positive impact on financial performance of companies through corporate governance, a National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School study has found.

A total of six awards were presented at the 2018 ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard Singapore rankings where Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) received the Top Achiever accolade.

New unified framework sees Singtel topping the Singapore Governance and Transparency Index’s General Category, while CapitaLand Mall Trust takes the lead for the inaugural Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) and Business Trust Category.

Over half (50.9 percent) of Charities and Institutions of a Public Character (IPCs) in Singapore surveyed do not have a formally defined policy or approach to managing risk, or are unsure if such a policy exists.

Studying the role of social capital through golf games, NUS Business School and the Department of Real Estate at the NUS School of Design and Environment found that social networks often operate on gender lines, suggesting that women who participate in male-dominated social activities such as golf, are more accepted on predominantly male corporate boards.

Copycat alternatives to expensive luxury goods are usually high in resemblance but low in quality when compared to genuine brands, an NUS Business School study explains.

Employees engaging in increasingly deviant behaviours could be a result of a leader’s jokes, an NUS Business School study has found.

Remuneration of female directors of SGX-listed companies trails far behind their male counterparts, an NUS study has found. The study, using newly available data, showed large gender pay gaps across all categories of directors and all firm sizes.