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Selected Papers from the Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF 2016)

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2017

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Editors:
  1. Evan Lau

    1. Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Faculty of Economics and Business, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia

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  2. Lee Ming Tan

    1. East Asia Research Pte. Ltd , Singapore, Singapore

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  3. Jing Hee Tan

    1. East Asia Institute of Management , Singapore, Singapore

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  • Includes the most current research findings in the area of Economics, Finance and Business research

  • Targets educators, researchers, thought leaders, policy makers

  • Peer reviewed by leading teaching faculty staff including economists and practitioners from around the world

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Evaluation of Cluster-Development Strategic Outlooks Using Book Value and Revenue Multiples

    • Egor Koshelev, Sergey Yashin, Nadezhda Yashina
    Pages 1-18

  3. Disposition Effect on Investment Decision Making: Explanation of Regulatory-Focus Theory

    • I Made Surya Negara Sudirman, Andry Irwanto, Basuki
    Pages 19-29

  4. Prospects for the Mutual-Fund Industry in India: A Comparative Study with Respect to the US

    • Iftaqar Ahmad, Jyotsna Sinha
    Pages 31-37

  5. Social-Marketing Activities to Augment Brands of Faith in Diversified Marketing in India

    • Perbettan Baba Gnanakumar
    Pages 39-52

  6. Determinant Factors for the Formation and Development of a Smart Territory

    • Andra Zvirbule, Baiba Rivza, Zane Bulderberga
    Pages 53-62

  7. Replacing Formal Authority in the Workplace with Employee Self-governing Authority

    • Juan Nicolás Montoya Monsalve, Álvaro Fernando Moncada Niño, Juan Daniel Montoya Naranjo
    Pages 63-76

  8. A Study of the Human-Resource Practices and Challenges Confronted by Human-Resource Experts in an Indian IT Firm, Bangalore

    • Palaniappan Saravanan, Arumugam Vasumathi
    Pages 77-98

  9. Current Issues of the Labor Market in the Slovak Republic with an Emphasis on the Trends in Migration Policy

    • Eva Rievajova, Andrej Privara
    Pages 99-106

  10. Portion of Foreign Ownership and Efficiency of Banks in Indonesia

    • Sparta
    Pages 107-123

  11. Study of Green Banking Practices in the Sri Lankan Context: A Critical Review

    • P. M. P. Fernando, K. S. D. Fernando
    Pages 125-143
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About this book

This book features the best papers presented at the Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance in 2016. Chapters include research conducted by experts in the field of Economics, Finance and Business from the region. Put together by East Asia Research, East Asia Institute of Management & Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) , this book serves as a useful resource for educators, researchers, thought leaders, policy makers, and economists.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Faculty of Economics and Business, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia

    Evan Lau

  • East Asia Research Pte. Ltd , Singapore, Singapore

    Lee Ming Tan

  • East Asia Institute of Management , Singapore, Singapore

    Jing Hee Tan

About the editors

Evan Lau is a well-trained Universiti Putra Malaysia graduate with vast experience and research excellence covering the areas of International Economics with numerous applications of econometrics techniques. Recently he ventured into socioeconomic discipline including Economics of Crime and Suicide. He joined Faculty of Economics and Business Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) in 2005 soon after completing his Ph.D in 2004. He servicing as Associate Professor since June 2014 and the Managing Editor of International Journal of Business and Society (IJBS), an internationally refereed journal indexed in SCOPUS bibliographic database, Emerging Sources of Citation Index (ESCI), Malaysian Citation Centre (MCC), ProQuest publisher, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, Cabell’s Directories (Economics, Finance and Management) and EBSCO Host Publishing. He is the director of Centre of Excellence for Business, Economics and Finance Forecasting (BEFfore), UNIMAS which among other serves as a platform and reference point for business, economic and finance forecasting. He was the Visiting Scholar in Faculty of Economics in University of Cambridge from October 2013 – April 2014.
 
Mr. Lee-Ming is the founder of East Asia Research and he obtained his Master of Applied Finance from the University of Adelaide. He is  deeply interested in how humans function and react with each other. An insight into how people’s minds think and how they work together is invaluable in just about every field. Outside of work, he enjoys outdoor activities and occasional computer games.
 
Dr. Tan Jing Hee is an Executive Director of East Asia Institute of Management as well as the Chairman of its Academic Board. He has worked as a Retail Manager,  a Senior Science Master of a government secondary school, and as a Merchandising Manager of Robinsons Departmental Store, with responsibilities in its Menswear Division. In 1973, he joined the Singapore Institute of Management, eventually becoming its Chief Operating Officer.  In 1994, he wrote doctoral thesis on Developing a Factor Model of Management Work in Singapore, for which he was awarded his Ph.D. from Henley Management College/Brunel University.




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Selected Papers from the Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF 2016)

  • Editors: Evan Lau, Lee Ming Tan, Jing Hee Tan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3566-1

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017

  • License: CC BY

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-3565-4Published: 09 May 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9907-6Published: 09 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-3566-1Published: 08 May 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 143

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Economics, general, Finance, general, Business and Management, general

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