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Business Edge is an e-newsletter that offers topical commentaries and business insights from NUS Business School faculty. In this issue, read more about:
• how stock indices can be better forecasted
• the changing nature of business group restructuring
• how men and women respond to emails differently
• why consumers tend to link 'duration' with the value of a service
• stock price synchronicity and liquidity
• how being tempted can make you short-sighted
• how the degree of centralisation affects a firm's operations
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Why So Glum? The Meese-Rogoff Methodology Meets The Stock Market
Professor Andrew Rose is the B.T. Rocca Jr. Professor of International Business in the Economic Analysis and Policy Group from Haas School of Business. He shares his views with Koh Pei Key from Corporate Development & Communication Office on the Meese-Rogoff Methodology and why it has its pitfalls.
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The Effects of Appetitive Stimuli On Out-of-Domain Consumption Impatience
Can the scent of cookies really make you spend irrationally? Professor Li Xiuping from the Department of Marketing discovers that being tempted can make you short-sighted, as Koh Pei Key from Corporate Development & Communication Office found out.
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Bosses And Their E-Manners: Sex, Emails And Incivility
Are male bosses more aggressive than their female counterparts when it comes
to emails? Professor Vivien Lim from Department of Management & Organisation
and Professor Thompson Teo from Department of Decision Sciences shed light on this topic.
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The Duration Heuristic
Do consumers generally equate 'time' with 'value for money'? If a particular service takes a longer time than another, does that mean that it's also better? Professor Catherine Yeung from Department of Marketing tells us more.
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Stock Price Synchronicity And Liquidity
Professors Allaudeen Hameed and Kang Wenjin from Department of Finance talk about how stock price synchronicity can affect market liquidity and what are the other factors that you have to consider.
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Institutional Logics Or Agency Costs: The Influence Of Corporate Governance Models On Business Group Restructuring In Emerging Economies
What are some of the reasons that motives businesses in emerging markets to restructure? We hear from Professor Chung Chi-Nien from the Department of Management & Organisation about his study on this issue.
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The Contingent Role Of Network Hierarchy In
Firm Performance
The decision to centralise or decentralise your control depends on several important factors such as the nature of your business and the level of connectivity. Professor Ishtiaq Mahmood from Department of Business Policy shares his views on this topic as well as some of the pros and cons that corporations need to know.
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