Overview
- Highlights new approaches, capabilities and technological requirements for economic progress
- Reviews capacity development in the education sector
- Introduces decision models for healthcare improvement
- Explores productivity issues through people development
Part of the book series: Managing the Asian Century (MAAC)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Technologies in Service
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Technologies in Education
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Technologies in Improving Work Environment
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Purnendu Mandal is a Professor at the College of Business, Lamar University, Texas, USA. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of Strategy Management, Technology Development, Supply Chain Management, Strategic MIS and System Dynamics Modelling. He published over 200 journal articles and conference papers. His research papers appeared in journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Management Decision, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Logistics Information Management, etc. He serves in the editorial boards of a number of international journals. He is the founder chair of International Conference on Managing the Asian Century and he is the Book Series Editor of ‘Managing the Asian Century’ published by Springer.
John Vong is Adjunct Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Dr. Vong received his PhD in banking and finance systems from the University of Bradford, United Kingdom. He was a former Adviser to the World Bank Group and United Nations Development Programme. His research interest is in digital and technology innovations in financial services, education and health.His recent publications include a book entitled, Emerging Technologies for Emerging Markets (Springer, 2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Smart Technologies for Smart Nations
Book Subtitle: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific Region
Editors: Purnendu Mandal, John Vong
Series Title: Managing the Asian Century
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-585-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-287-584-6Published: 04 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1288-4Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-981-287-585-3Published: 27 October 2015
Series ISSN: 2364-5857
Series E-ISSN: 2364-5865
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 228
Topics: Innovation/Technology Management, Emerging Markets/Globalization, Human Resource Management, Business Ethics