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Corporate governance reforms and the the management of the GLCs in Singapore: pressures, problems, and paradoxes

2005

Ho, Khai Leong

Collection	Economy
Author/Creator	Ho, Khai Leong
Editor	Ho, Khai Leong
Title	Corporate governance reforms and the the management of the GLCs in Singapore: pressures, problems, and paradoxes
Source Title	Reforming corporate governance in Southeast Asia: economics, politics, and regulations
Publication Date	2005
Publisher	Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Call Number	HC497 Sou.Ar 2004
Subject	Government business enterprises -- Singapore Government holding companies -- Singapore Corporate governance -- Singapore Temasek Holdings Ltd
Page	269-298
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Crisis, social sector and income distribution in Singapore and Thailand

2005

Mukhopadhaya, Pundarik

Collection	Economy
Author/Creator	Mukhopadhaya, Pundarik
Editor	Sjoholm, Fredik Tongzon, Jose
Title	Crisis, social sector and income distribution in Singapore and Thailand
Source Title	Institutional change in Southeast Asia
Publication Date	2005
Publisher	New York : RoutledgeCurzon
Call Number	HC411 Ins 2005
Subject	Income distribution -- Singapore Income distribution -- Thailand Financial crises -- Economic aspects -- Singapore Financial crises -- Economic aspects -- Thailand
Page	91-126
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	Explores the effect of the financial crisis of 1997-1998 on income distribution and poverty in Singapore and Thailand. Examines the impact on the health, education and household expenditure and the measures taken by both governmentss to assist those most affected

Culture and management in Singapore

2003

Hampden-Turner, Charles M.

Collection	Economy
Author/Creator	Hampden-Turner, Charles M.
Editor	Warner, Malcolm
Title	Culture and management in Singapore
Source Title	Culture and management in Asia
Publication Date	2003
Publisher	London : RoutledgeCurzon
Call Number	HD70 Asi.C 2003
Subject	Management -- Social aspects -- Singapore Organizational behavior -- Singapore Corporate culture -- Singapore Social values -- Singapore
Page	171-186
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Developing the financial services industry in Singapore

1999

Montes, Manuel
Tan, Khee Giap

Collection	Economy
Author/Creator	Montes, Manuel Tan, Khee Giap
Editor	Masuyama, Seiichi Vandenbrink, Donna Chia, Siow Yue
Title	Developing the financial services industry in Singapore
Source Title	East Asia's financial systems: evolution & crisis
Publication Date	1999
Publisher	Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Call Number	HG188 Asi.E
Subject	Financial services industry -- Singapore Banks and banking -- Singapore
Page	231-259
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Development of internationally competitive indigenous manufacturing firms in Singapore

1998

Wong, Poh Kam

Collection	Economy
Author/Creator	Wong, Poh Kam
Editor	Takahashi, Kazuo
Title	Development of internationally competitive indigenous manufacturing firms in Singapore
Source Title	Asia's development experiences: how internationally competitive national manufacturing firms have developed in Asia
Publication Date	1998
Publisher	Tokyo : Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development
Call Number	HD3616Asi.Ff 3
Subject	Industrial policy -- Singapore Manufactures -- Singapore Electronic industries -- Singapore Shipbuilding industry -- Singapore Ships -- Singapore -- Maintenance and repair Keppel Corporation Ltd Sembawang Shipyard Ltd Government business enterprises - Singapore Corporations, Government - Singapore Capital market - Government policy - Singapore Investments, Singapore - Foreign countries
Page	372-453
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Development of labour organisation in Singapore 1800-1960

2001

Trocki, Carl A.

Collection	Economy
Author/Creator	Trocki, Carl A.
Title	Development of labour organisation in Singapore 1800-1960
Source Title	Australian Journal of Politics and History
Publication Date	2001
DOI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org//10.1111/1467-8497.00222
Call Number	JA26 AJPH
Subject	Labor unions -- Singapore -- History Industrial relations -- Singapore -- History
Page	115-129
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	47
Issue	1
Description	Studies the long-term development of the labour realtions in Singapore. Concludes that while close ties to the political movements gave the labour movement poppularity and strength, this affiliation resulted in its pacification and neutralisation by the governemnt in the 1960s

Development strategies and economic performance: a comparative analysis of eleven semi-industrial countries

1982

Balassa, Bela

Collection	Economy
Author/Creator	Balassa, Bela
Editor	Balassa, Bela
Title	Development strategies and economic performance: a comparative analysis of eleven semi-industrial countries
Source Title	Development strategies in semi-industrial economies
Publication Date	1982
Publisher	Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press
Call Number	HD82 Bal
Subject	Economic development -- Singapore Singapore -- Economic policy Economic development -- Case studies
Page	38-62
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	Evaluates the effects of the systems of incentives on resource allocation, trade and economic performance, Countries studied included Argentina, Colombia, Israel, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan as well as Brazil, Chile, India, Mexico and Yugoslavia. The period studied is from 1960 -1973 because in subsequent years economic performance was much affected by the oil crisis

Direct foreign investment and the industrialization process in Singapore

1986

Chia, Siow Yue

Collection	Economy
Author/Creator	Chia, Siow Yue
Editor	Lim, Chong Yah Lloyd, Peter J.
Title	Direct foreign investment and the industrialization process in Singapore
Source Title	Singapore: resources and growth
Publication Date	1986
Publisher	Singapore : Oxford University Press
Call Number	HC497.12 Sio
Subject	Investments, Foreign -- Singapore Industrialization -- Singapore Industrial policy -- Singapore
Page	79-117
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Economic development in Singapore: the next leap

1998

Chew, Soon Beng
Chew, Rosalind

Collection	Economy
Author/Creator	Chew, Soon Beng Chew, Rosalind
Editor	Liou, Kuotsai Tom
Title	Economic development in Singapore: the next leap
Source Title	Handbook of economic development
Publication Date	1998
Publisher	New York : Marcel Dekker
Call Number	HD75 Han
Subject	Singapore -- Economic conditions Singapore -- Economic policy Wages -- Singapore Pension trusts -- Singapore Investments, Foreign -- Singapore Central Provident Fund (Singapore) National Wages Council (Singapore) Skills Development Fund (Singapore)
Page	469-491
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	Studies the origin of Singapore's development strategy and evaluates their impact on the economy and looks at future strategies for growth

Economic development of modern Malaya

1967

Lim, Chong Yah

Collection	Economy
Author/Creator	Lim, Chong Yah
Title	Economic development of modern Malaya
Publication Date	1967
Publisher	Kuala Lumpur : Oxford University Press
Call Number	HC497.1 Lim
Subject	Malaya -- Economic conditions
Page	388
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries