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This article is republished with permission by China Business Knowledge at Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School. You can access the original article here.   Study finds that when wages go up, how the supply of labour changes can depend on how the change in pay is communicated Labour…

It may be near impossible to recreate Lareau’s “concerted cultivation” outside a middle-class family but intervention targeted at a wider audience – instead of means testing – could ameliorate inequality reproduction In the World Inequality Report (WIR) 2022, the findings reinforced the general…

This article is republished with permission from BusinessThink at UNSW Business School. You can access the original article here. Is there such a thing as being too enthusiastic in a job interview, and how should hiring managers assess candidates on this? Many employers often look for genuine…

AI will replace humans in repetitive tasks. Greater value can be created when it augments and complements the jobs people do A decade ago, a team from the University of Toronto took part in the ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge 2012 (ILSVRC2012). The convolutional neural network (…

A few hundred Japanese families have made Johor Bahru home in the pursuit of English fluency and Global Cultural Capital for their children Mention the words ‘Iskandar Malaysia’ to some in neighbouring Singaporeans and common responses will include ‘regret’ if they lost money in property…

How Asian men’s beauty care is shaping conception of masculinity and gender-neutral marketing Do a quick online search for “Most attractive Asian celebrity” and one cannot miss the many Korean singers and actors that pop up. From BTS’ Jin – or any of his six other bandmates – to actors Lee Min-ho…

This article is republished with permission by China Business Knowledge at Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School. You can access the original article here.   Research shows that, in China, business owners who hail from provinces with high clan cultural influence are more likely to share…

Temasek’s CEO Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara believes Southeast Asia will be a bright spot amidst global headwinds. Being a networked organisation could make all the difference In the sixth edition of its e-Conomy Southeast Asia (SEA) Report published in November 2021, Google, Temasek and Bain…

This article is republished with permission from BusinessThink at UNSW Business School. You can access the original article here. With the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies dropping dramatically, what is in store for the digital asset market? The global cryptocurrency market has been on a…

Besides the 3R’s of reduce-reuse-recycle, people should also consider ASI – avoid, shift, and improve In the casino game of roulette there are eighteen numbered red or black squares, plus a single green square with the number ‘0’. That green square tips the odds in the house’s favour for all bets…