Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Singapore’s economic growth

Singapore’s remarkable success in economic development has been strongly associated with the country’s vigorous efforts to embrace the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) revolution to promote economic growth. This study provides a comprehensive investigation of the contributions of ICT to Singapore’s economic growth during the 1990–2008 period. It documents three key findings. First, there is a strong positive association between the intensity of ICT use and value-added and labor productivity growth at the sector level. Second, ICT investment contributed approximately 1 percentage point to Singapore’s GDP during 1990–2008, and its role in driving economic growth has become increasingly important over time. Third, the contribution of the ICT manufacturing sector to Singapore’s growth was notable, but it was on the decline and faced difficult restructuring challenges. This paper also provides valuable policy lessons and strategic insights for governments in both developed and developing countries that aspire to embrace ICT to promote economic growth.     

2009年新加坡科技发展的政策调整与措施

新加坡面对金融危机和甲型流感（H1N1）的袭扰，及时调整应对政策和措施，本文介绍并探讨了新加坡加大科技投入，加强科技人才和企业人才的培养，利用高科技手段及时研制出防治甲流的防护用品、快速检测设备等举措，以上政策和措施对我国科技发展具有借鉴意义。     

经验与启示——新加坡公共图书馆见闻

文章从新加坡图书馆的服务理念、服务内容、服务方式以及服务环境几方面对新加坡图书馆的服务做了介绍,旨在为我国图书馆的建设及发展提供借鉴。     

新加坡裕廊石化产业集群的发展及启示

新加坡裕廊石化产业集群的发展离不开跨国公司的投资,可以说是跨国公司促进了裕廊石化产业集群的形成和发展。同时,新加坡的石油化工发展战略、招商引资政策、跨国石化公司的全球布局和东盟区域一体化进程对裕廊石化产业集群的发展也起到了非常重要的作用。总结了新加坡发展产业的经验,并提出了对中国引进外资战略和产业结构调整等方面的启示。     

新加坡华资银行的家族管理

传统华族文化对新加坡华资银行业至今仍有巨大影响的是家文化以及由之衍生的家族管理模式。出于权力情结及对职业经理人诚信、职业道德的担心,这种管理模式仍盛行于现存两大华资银行。本文简要分析了该模式在华资银行存在、发展、变化的原因。     

中国、新加坡服务贸易的互补性与竞争性:基于2002~2011年数据的实证分析

在描述中国与新加坡服务贸易发展现状的基础上,基于两国2002～2011年的数据,利用RCA指数、TCI指数、TC指数等指标,对两国的服务贸易的互补性和竞争性进行分析.分析结果显示：在运输、建筑、保险和其他商业服务部门,两国服务贸易互补性较显著.在政府服务、通信等其他服务部门,两国的出口贸易互补性弱.中国在建筑、计算机与信息和其他商业服务部门的竞争力较强,而新加坡在金融、建筑、其他商业服务部门都显示出较大的竞争优势.双方应该立足比较优势,整合区内资源应对国际挑战.     

Multiracialism and Meritocracy: Singapore's Approach to Race and Inequality

This paper characterizes Singapore's efforts to tackle the problem of persistent racial inequality in terms of the notion of fair meritocracy. Singapore's race policy attempts to level the playing field through its unique race-based self-help organizations and a comprehensive, racially integrated, public housing program. Individuals are then sorted by the ostensibly objective mechanism of a standardized test based educational system. The social and economic implications of this policy are examined and, using summary data from the 1980 and 1990 censuses, the extent to which Singapore has been successful in creating a fair multiracial meritocracy is assessed.     

Tendency to Infer Bribery and Corrupt Intent in Social and Business Situations: Comparing Chinese and Singaporean Employees

The present paper investigates the differences in ethicalperceptions between Chinese and Singaporean employees. Twocontrasting predictions based on socialization theory are testedusing 142 Chinese and 141 Singaporean employees as subjects. Results show that Chinese employees tend to infer a greaterdegree of unethical (bribery and corrupt) intent than Singaporeanemployees in 17 of the 25 ethical vignettes. The converse isfound in only two and no significant differences are found in therest of the vignettes. Implications for international managersand assignees and researchers in international business workingon or in China are discussed.     

Managing human resource for competitive advantage: a study of companies in Singapore

We see two major streams of research in the strategic human resource management literature: (1) the link between strategy and human resource (HR) practices and (2) the link between HR practices and firm performance. There is a plethora of theoretical perspectives on the first link. Unfortunately, there is not much empirical work. The second link has seen a spate of empirical studies. However, most of them embrace the universal perspective and the role of strategy as a contingency has not been adequately addressed. This could potentially result in the underestimation of the impact of HR practices on organizational performance. This study addressed the above two weaknesses in previous research in the strategic HR management field. Using a sample of about 200 of the largest companies representing all major industries in Singapore, we found that organizational strategy affects HR practices. Moreover, findings suggest that the strategy-HR interaction accounts for more variation in firm performance than the main effect of HR. Implications of the findings are discussed.     

Explaining Trade Flows of Singapore

The objective of this paper is twofold. First, the development of the trade patterns of Singapore and particularly between Singapore and its South-East Asian partners will be outlined and interpreted against a backdrop of relevant trade policy measures, for example in the context of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Second, a simple model of the gravity type is applied in order to establish and quantify the role of various trade determinants. Despite the fact that Singapore has strived at being a 'global city', it remains rather heavily biased towards East Asia as far as foreign trade is concerned. The role of ASEAN in particular is strong, even if the role of entrepôt trade tends to exaggerate the degree of integration between the economies of Singapore and ASEAN. It also seems clear that the latter, as an organization, has not contributed much to the development of trade relations between its members. Rather the closeness and the liberalization of these economies during the last 15 years or so appear to have been decisive. It is interesting to note that the newer members of ASEAN seem to have been integrated quickly in Singapore's economic network.